Ecclesiastes 7
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| 1 | A Good name is better then precious ointment: and the day of death, then the day of ones birth. |
| 2 | It is better to goe to the house of mourning, then to goe to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men, and the liuing will lay it to his heart. |
| 3 | Sorrow is better then laughter: for by the sadnesse of the countenance the heart is made better. |
| 4 | The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning: but the heart of fooles is in the house of mirth. |
| 5 | It is better to heare the rebuke of the wise, then for a man to heare the song of fooles. |
| 6 | For as the crackling of thornes vnder a pot, so is the laughter of the foole: this also is vanitie. |
| 7 | Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad: and a gift destroyeth the heart. |
| 8 | Better is the ende of a thing then the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better then the proude in spirit. |
| 9 | Be not hastie in thy spirit to bee angry: for anger resteth in the bosome of fooles. |
| 10 | Say not thou, What is the cause that the former dayes were better then these? For thou doest not enquire wisely concerning this. |
| 11 | Wisedome is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profite to them that see the sunne. |
| 12 | For wisedome is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellencie of knowledge is, that wisedome giueth life to them that haue it. |
| 13 | Consider the worke of God: for who can make that straight, which hee hath made crooked? |
| 14 | In the day of prosperitie be ioyfull, but in the day of aduersitie consider: God also hath set the one ouer against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. |
| 15 | All things haue I seene in the dayes of my vanitie: there is a iust man that perisheth in his righteousnes, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickednes. |
| 16 | Be not righteous ouer much, neither make thy selfe ouer wise: why shouldest thou destroy thy selfe? |
| 17 | Be not ouermuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? |
| 18 | It is good that thou shouldest take holde of this, yea also from this withdraw not thine hand: for hee that feareth God, shall come foorth of them all. |
| 19 | Wisedome strengtheneth the wise, more then ten mightie men which are in the citie. |
| 20 | For there is not a iust man vpon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. |
| 21 | Also take no heede vnto all words that are spoken; lest thou heare thy seruant curse thee. |
| 22 | For often times also thine owne heart knoweth, that thou thy selfe likewise hast cursed others. |
| 23 | All this haue I prooued by wisedome: I said, I will be wise, but it was farre from me. |
| 24 | That which is farre off, and exceeding deepe, who can finde it out? |
| 25 | I applyed mine heart to know, and to search, and to seeke out wisdome, and the reason of things, aud to know the wickednes of folly, euen of foolishnesse and madnesse. |
| 26 | And I finde more bitter then death, the woman whose heart is snares & nets, and her handes as bands: who so pleaseth God, shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her. |
| 27 | Behold, this haue I found (saith the Preacher) counting one by one to finde out the account: |
| 28 | Which yet my soule seeketh, but I finde not: one man among a thousand haue I found, but a woman among all those haue I not found. |
| 29 | Loe, this onely haue I found, that God hath made man vpright: but they haue sought out many inuentions. |
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