Ecclesiastes 7:10

Wisdom'Although Vulnerable'Is Beneficial

⁹ Do not be eager in your heart to be angry,
For anger resides in the bosom of fools.
¹⁰ Do not say, “Why is it that the former days were better than these?”
For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this.
¹¹ Wisdom along with an inheritance is good
And an advantage to those who see the sun.

Former Days

No

Genesis 6:11-12

Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence.

Judges 6:13

Then Gideon said to him, “O my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.”

Psalm 14:2-3

The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men
To see if there are any who understand,
Who seek after God.

Isaiah 50:1

Thus says the Lord,
“Where is the certificate of divorce
By which I have sent your mother away?
Or to whom of My creditors did I sell you?
Behold, you were sold for your iniquities,
And for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

Jeremiah 44:17-19

But rather we will certainly carry out every word that has proceeded from our mouths, by burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, just as we ourselves, our forefathers, our kings and our princes did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had plenty of food and were well off and saw no misfortune.

Romans 1:22-32

Professing to be wise, they became fools,

Romans 3:9-19

What then? Are we better than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin;