Ecclesiastes 7:1-10

Wisdom and the Acceptance of Reality

Ecclesiastes 7:1-10
1
Better is a name than good perfume, And the day of death than the day of birth.
2
Better to go unto a house of mourning, Than to go unto a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living layeth it unto his heart.
3
Better is sorrow than laughter, For by the sadness of the face the heart becometh better.
4
The heart of the wise is in a house of mourning, And the heart of fools in a house of mirth.
5
Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than for a man to hear a song of fools,
6
For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So is the laughter of a fool, even this is vanity.
7
Surely oppression maketh the wise mad, And a gift destroyeth the heart.
8
Better is the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better is the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit.
9
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.
10
Say not thou, `What was it, That the former days were better than these?' For thou hast not asked wisely of this.
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