Ecclesiastes 7:8
“Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.”
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
Related Verses
“A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.”
“Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.”
“Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.”
“He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.”
“Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.”