Ecclesiastes 7:8

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Summary

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Better

1 Peter 1:13

The patient

Bible References

Better

They who are sowing with tears, with shouting, shall reap:

Therefore, thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh of hosts, Do not fear O my people dwelling in Zion, because of Assyria, - When with his rod, he would smite thee, And when his staff, he would lift up against thee in the manner of Egypt;

But Abraham said - Child! remember - That thou didst duly received thy good things in thy life, and, Lazarus, in like manner, the evil things; but, now, here, he is comforted, and, thou, art in anguish.

Lo! we pronounce them happy who have endured; - Of the endurance of Job, ye have heard, and, the end of the Lord, have ye seen, - that, of much tender affection, is the Lord, and full of compassion,

Wherefore, girding up the loins of your mind, keeping sober, perseveringly direct your hope unto the favour, being borne along to you, in the revealing of Jesus Christ:

The patient

Only by pride, doth one cause contention, but, with the well-advised, is wisdom.

One slow to anger, hath great understanding, but, the hasty in spirit, exalteth folly.

A wrathful man, stirreth up strife, but, he that is slow to anger, calmeth contention.

Better he that is slow to anger, than a hero, and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that captureth a city.

The ambitious in soul, stirreth up strife, but, he that trusteth in Yahweh, shall be enriched.

By your endurance, shall ye gain your lives for a possession.

Unto them, on the one hand, who, by way of endurance in good work, are seeking, glory, honour and incorruption, life age-abiding,

For, of endurance, ye have need, in order that, the will of God having done, Ye may bear away, the promise.

Be, ye also, patient, Stablish your hearts, because, the Presence of the Lord, hath drawn near.

For what sort of honour is it - if, committing sin, and being buffeted, ye endure it? But, if, doing good, and suffering, ye endure it, this, is thankworthy with God.

In like manner, ye younger men - submit yourselves unto elders; - All, however, one towards another, gird on humility; because, God, against the haughty, arrayeth himself, whereas, unto the lowly, he giveth favour.