Thematic Bible
Ecclesiastes 7:1 (show verse)
A good name is better than oil of great price, and the day of death than the day of birth.
Ecclesiastes 7:2 (show verse)
It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.
Afflictions » Blessings in disguise
Afflictions » Often blessings in disguise
Afflictions made beneficial » In purifying us
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Wisdom of abstaining from
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Wisdom of abstaining from
Bereavement » Resignation in
Trials » Often blessings in disguise
Afflictions » Often blessings in disguise
Afflictions made beneficial » In purifying us
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Wisdom of abstaining from
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Wisdom of abstaining from
Bereavement » Resignation in
Trials » Often blessings in disguise
Ecclesiastes 7:3 (show verse)
Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.
Ecclesiastes 7:4 (show verse)
The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.
Ecclesiastes 7:5 (show verse)
It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.
Ecclesiastes 7:6 (show verse)
Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.
Earthly » Joy joy » Joy, earthly
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is vain
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is vain
Joy » Earthly » Manifested in laughter
Joy » Earthly » General references to
Joy » Of the wicked
Joy » Of the wicked » Is short-lived
Rebuke » Hearing the rebuke of the wise
Sinners » Disowned » Joy of, brief
Thorn » Used » For fuel
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is vain
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is vain
Joy » Earthly » Manifested in laughter
Joy » Earthly » General references to
Joy » Of the wicked
Joy » Of the wicked » Is short-lived
Rebuke » Hearing the rebuke of the wise
Sinners » Disowned » Joy of, brief
Thorn » Used » For fuel
Ecclesiastes 7:7 (show verse)
The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.
Ecclesiastes 7:8 (show verse)
The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.
Ecclesiastes 7:9 (show verse)
Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.
Ecclesiastes 7:10 (show verse)
Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.
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Ecclesiastes 7:11 (show verse)
Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.
Ecclesiastes 7:12 (show verse)
Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.
Ecclesiastes 7:13 (show verse)
Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?
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Ecclesiastes 7:14 (show verse)
In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.
Ecclesiastes 7:15 (show verse)
These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.
Ecclesiastes 7:16 (show verse)
Be not given overmuch to righteousness and be not over-wise. Why let destruction come on you?
Ecclesiastes 7:17 (show verse)
Be not evil overmuch, and be not foolish. Why come to your end before your time?
Ecclesiastes 7:18 (show verse)
It is good to take this in your hand and not to keep your hand from that; he who has the fear of God will be free of the two.
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Ecclesiastes 7:19 (show verse)
Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.
Ecclesiastes 7:20 (show verse)
There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.
Ecclesiastes 7:21 (show verse)
Do not give ear to all the words which men say, for fear of hearing the curses of your servant.
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Ecclesiastes 7:22 (show verse)
Your heart has knowledge how frequently others have been cursed by you.
Ecclesiastes 7:23 (show verse)
All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.
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Ecclesiastes 7:24 (show verse)
Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?
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Ecclesiastes 7:25 (show verse)
I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.
Ecclesiastes 7:26 (show verse)
And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.
Chastity » Saints are kept in
Heart » The unregenerate » Is malicious
character of the unrenewed Heart » Ensnaring
Net » Figurative
Pleasure » Those that please the lord
Snares » Who becomes snared
Snares » Who sets snares
Whoredom » Whores
Whoredom » Who falls victim to whores
Whoredom » Who shall escape from whores
Woman » Frequently » Subtle and deceitful
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness
Women » Subtle and deceitful
Heart » The unregenerate » Is malicious
character of the unrenewed Heart » Ensnaring
Net » Figurative
Pleasure » Those that please the lord
Snares » Who becomes snared
Snares » Who sets snares
Whoredom » Whores
Whoredom » Who falls victim to whores
Whoredom » Who shall escape from whores
Woman » Frequently » Subtle and deceitful
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness
Women » Subtle and deceitful
Ecclesiastes 7:27 (show verse)
Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account,
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Ecclesiastes 7:28 (show verse)
For which my soul is still searching, but I have it not; one man among a thousand have I seen; but a woman among all these I have not seen.
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Ecclesiastes 7:29 (show verse)
This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.