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Read Ecclesiastes 7

World English Bible · 29 verses

¹ A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
² It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³ Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴ The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁵ It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁶ For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁷ Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁸ Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁹ Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁰ Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹¹ Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹² For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹³ Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight which he has made crooked?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁴ In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁵ All this I have seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁶ Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁷ Don’t be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁸ It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also don’t withdraw your hand from that; for he who fears God will come out of them all.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁹ Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁰ Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²¹ Also don’t take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²² for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²³ All this I have proved in wisdom. I said, “I will be wise;” but it was far from me.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁴ That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁵ I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁶ I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁷ “Behold, I have found this,” says the Preacher, “to one another, to find an explanationThis verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁸ which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all those.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁹ Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org