Thematic Bible
Ecclesiastes 7:1 (show verse)
A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better 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: for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.
Ecclesiastes 7:3 (show verse)
Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
Ecclesiastes 7:4 (show verse)
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Ecclesiastes 7:5 (show verse)
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man 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 extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
Ecclesiastes 7:8 (show verse)
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Ecclesiastes 7:9 (show verse)
Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:10 (show verse)
Don't say, "Why were the former days better than these?" For you do not ask wisely about this.
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Ecclesiastes 7:11 (show verse)
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
Ecclesiastes 7:12 (show verse)
For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
Ecclesiastes 7:13 (show verse)
Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?
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Ecclesiastes 7:14 (show verse)
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.
Ecclesiastes 7:15 (show verse)
All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.
Ecclesiastes 7:16 (show verse)
Don't be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
Ecclesiastes 7:17 (show verse)
Don't be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
Ecclesiastes 7:18 (show verse)
It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also from that don't withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will come forth from them all.
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Ecclesiastes 7:19 (show verse)
Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
Ecclesiastes 7:20 (show verse)
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good and doesn't sin.
Ecclesiastes 7:21 (show verse)
Also don't take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
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Ecclesiastes 7:22 (show verse)
for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.
Ecclesiastes 7:23 (show verse)
All this have I proved in wisdom. I said, "I will be wise;" but it was far from me.
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Ecclesiastes 7:24 (show verse)
That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?
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Ecclesiastes 7:25 (show verse)
I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.
Ecclesiastes 7:26 (show verse)
I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
Ecclesiastes 7:27 (show verse)
"Behold, I have found this," says the Preacher, "one to another, to find out the scheme;
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Ecclesiastes 7:28 (show verse)
which my soul still seeks; but I have not found. One man among a thousand have I found; but I have not found a woman among all those.
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Ecclesiastes 7:29 (show verse)
Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes."