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.
Cross-References
“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:”
“For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.”
“He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.”
“They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.”
“Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;”