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Ecclesiastes 7 · Grade 3

The Patient in Spirit

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A good name is better than fine perfume. It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider. Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn't sin. God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.

Memory Verse

“Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.”

Ecclesiastes 7:8 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. What is better than the song of fools?

  2. Who is better than the proud in spirit?

  3. Where does anger rest?

  4. How did God make mankind?

Better Things

Write what happened in each box.

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Word Search

Find each word. Words go across, down, and diagonally.

WBPOSHFRBIPSPIRITESPEYNLWVGDAJRTADOIOTFOFWMWNMILEYUVENREERNFMOIGNATWDUENBTLOFEPLG
  • BEGINNING
  • PERFUME
  • PATIENT
  • SPIRIT
  • WISDOM
  • JOYFUL
  • NAME
  • END

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for patience. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • When can you choose to calm down instead of getting upset?
  • How have people turned from the way God made them?

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