Thematic Bible
Ecclesiastes 7:1 (show verse)
Better a name, than precious ointment, - and the day of death, than the day of one's birth.
Ecclesiastes 7:2 (show verse)
Better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of banqueting, for, that, is the end of all men, - and, the living, should take it to his heart.
Ecclesiastes 7:3 (show verse)
Better is grief than laughter, - for, by the marring of the face, amended is the heart.
Ecclesiastes 7:4 (show verse)
The heart of the wise, is in the house of mourning, but, the heart of dullards, in the house of mirth.
Ecclesiastes 7:5 (show verse)
Better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for any man to hear the song of dullards,
Ecclesiastes 7:6 (show verse)
For, as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so, is the laughter of the dullard, - even this, then, was vanity.
Ecclesiastes 7:7 (show verse)
For, oppression, maddeneth the wise, - and a bribe, destroyeth the understanding.
Ecclesiastes 7:8 (show verse)
Better the latter end of a thing, than the beginning thereof, - Better a patient spirit, than a haughty spirit.
Ecclesiastes 7:9 (show verse)
Do not be rash in thy spirit, to be indignant, - for, indignation, in the bosom of dullards, doth remain.
Ecclesiastes 7:10 (show verse)
Do not say, What hath happened, that, the former days, were better than these? for, not wisely, askest thou concerning this.
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Ecclesiastes 7:11 (show verse)
Good is wisdom, with an inheritance, - and a profit, to such as see the sun.
Ecclesiastes 7:12 (show verse)
For, a protection, is wisdom, and, a protection, is silver, - but, the advantage of knowledge, is, that, wisdom, giveth life to the possessors thereof.
Ecclesiastes 7:13 (show verse)
Consider the work of God, - for who can straighten what he hath bent?
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Ecclesiastes 7:14 (show verse)
In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but, in the day of misfortune, consider, - Even the one equally with the other, hath God made, to the end man might find out - after him - nothing.
Ecclesiastes 7:15 (show verse)
Everything, had I seen, in my days of vanity, - Here was a righteous man, perishing in his righteousness, and there was a lawless man, continuing long in his wickedness.
Ecclesiastes 7:16 (show verse)
Do not become so very righteous, neither count thyself wise beyond measure, - wherefore shouldst thou destroy thyself?
Ecclesiastes 7:17 (show verse)
Do not be so very lawless, neither become thou foolish, - wherefore shouldst thou die, before thy time?
Ecclesiastes 7:18 (show verse)
It is well that thou shouldst lay fast hold of this, but, even from the other, do not withdraw thy hand, - for, he that revereth God, shall come forth out of them all.
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Ecclesiastes 7:19 (show verse)
Wisdom, bringeth more strength to a wise man, than ten heroes, that are in the city.
Ecclesiastes 7:20 (show verse)
For, as for men, there is none righteous in the earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Ecclesiastes 7:21 (show verse)
Moreover, not to all the words which men speak, do thou apply thy heart, - lest thou hear thine own servant reviling thee!
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Ecclesiastes 7:22 (show verse)
For truly, many times, thy heart knoweth, - that, even thou thyself, hast reviled others.
Ecclesiastes 7:23 (show verse)
All this, have I proved by wisdom, - I said, I will be wise, but, that, was far from me.
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Ecclesiastes 7:24 (show verse)
Far away, is that which hath been, - and deep, deep, who can find it out?
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Ecclesiastes 7:25 (show verse)
Resolved, I, in my heart, to know and search out, and to seek wisdom, and a conclusion, - and to know lawlessness to be stupidity, and folly to be madness.
Ecclesiastes 7:26 (show verse)
I, could indeed find, to be, more bitter than death, the woman, whose heart is, snares and nets, and her hands, bonds, - whoso is pleasing before God, shall escape from her, but, he that sinneth, shall be captured by her.
Ecclesiastes 7:27 (show verse)
See! this, have I found, saith the Proclaimer counting one by one, to find a conclusion;
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Ecclesiastes 7:28 (show verse)
what my soul still sought, yet I found not, - one man out of a thousand, have I found, but, a woman among all these, have I not found.
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Ecclesiastes 7:29 (show verse)
Only, see, this, have I found, That God made man upright, but, they, have sought out many devices.