SinaiEcclesiastes 7:8
American Standard Version
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
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Ecclesiastes 7:8 in other translations
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning.
The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Ecclesiastes 7:8 in context
- 6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
- 7Surely extortion maketh the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyeth the understanding.
- 8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
- 9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
- 10Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.