Thematic Bible
Ecclesiastes 7:1 (show verse)
A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
Ecclesiastes 7:2 (show verse)
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: in that that is the end of all men, and the living taketh it to heart.
Ecclesiastes 7:3 (show verse)
Vexation is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Ecclesiastes 7:4 (show verse)
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools in the house of mirth.
Ecclesiastes 7:5 (show verse)
It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise, than to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:6 (show verse)
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 7:7 (show verse)
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad, and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Ecclesiastes 7:8 (show verse)
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; better is a patient spirit than a proud spirit.
Ecclesiastes 7:9 (show verse)
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be vexed; for vexation resteth in the bosom of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:10 (show verse)
Say not, How is it that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
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Ecclesiastes 7:11 (show verse)
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, and profitable to them that see the sun.
Ecclesiastes 7:12 (show verse)
For wisdom is a defence as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom maketh them that possess it to live.
Ecclesiastes 7:13 (show verse)
Consider the work of God; for who can make straight what he hath made crooked?
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Ecclesiastes 7:14 (show verse)
In the day of prosperity enjoy good, and in the day of adversity consider: God hath also set the one beside the other, to the end that man should find out nothing of what shall be after him.
Ecclesiastes 7:15 (show verse)
All this have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth by his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his days by his wickedness.
Ecclesiastes 7:16 (show verse)
Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
Ecclesiastes 7:17 (show verse)
Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
Ecclesiastes 7:18 (show verse)
It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from that withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God cometh forth from them all.
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Ecclesiastes 7:19 (show verse)
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men that are in a city.
Ecclesiastes 7:20 (show verse)
Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not.
Ecclesiastes 7:21 (show verse)
Also give not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee.
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Ecclesiastes 7:22 (show verse)
For also thine own heart knoweth that oftentimes thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
Ecclesiastes 7:23 (show verse)
All this have I tried by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
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Ecclesiastes 7:24 (show verse)
Whatever hath been, is far off, and exceeding deep: who will find it out?
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Ecclesiastes 7:25 (show verse)
I turned, I and my heart, to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom and reason, and to know wickedness to be folly, and foolishness to be madness;
Ecclesiastes 7:26 (show verse)
and I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is nets and snares, and whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be caught by her.
Ecclesiastes 7:27 (show verse)
See this which I have found, saith the Preacher, searching one by one to find out the reason;
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Ecclesiastes 7:28 (show verse)
which my soul yet seeketh, and I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found, but a woman among all those have I not found.
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Ecclesiastes 7:29 (show verse)
Only see this which I have found: that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.