Ecclesiastes Chapter 7
7:1 | A good name [is] better than precious ointment; and the ![]() ![]() ![]() |
7:2 | [It is] better to go to the ![]() ![]() |
7:3 | Sorrow [is] better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. |
7:4 | The heart of the wise [is] in the ![]() ![]() |
7:5 | [It is] better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. |
7:6 | For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so [is] the laughter of the fool: this also [is] vanity. |
7:7 | Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. |
7:8 | Better [is] the end of a thing than the ![]() ![]() ![]() |
7:9 | Be not hasty in thy ![]() |
7:10 | Say not thou, What is [the cause] that the former ![]() |
7:11 | Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance: and [by it there is] profit to them that ![]() ![]() |
7:12 | For wisdom [is] a defence, [and] ![]() |
7:13 | Consider the work of God: for who can make [that] straight, which he hath made crooked? |
7:14 | In the ![]() ![]() |
7:15 | All [things] have I seen in the ![]() |
7:16 | Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself? |
7:17 | Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy ![]() |
7:18 | [It is] good that thou shouldest take hold of this; ![]() |
7:19 | Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty [men] which are in the city. |
7:20 | For [there is] not a just man upon ![]() |
7:21 | Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: |
7:22 | For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others. |
7:23 | All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it [was] far from me. |
7:24 | That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out? |
7:25 | I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason [of things], and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness [and] madness: |
7:26 | And I find more bitter than ![]() ![]() |
7:27 | Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, [counting] one by one, to find out the account: |
7:28 | Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found. |
7:29 | Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. |