1901 American Standard Version (ASV)
Ecclesiastes 7
1 Remedies against vanity are, a good name, 2 mortification, 7 patience, 11 wisdom. 23 The difficulty of wisdom.
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7:1 ¶
A [good] name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one's birth.
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7:2 ¶
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 will lay it to his heart.
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7:3
Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.
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7:4
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
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7:5
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
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7:6
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
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7:7 ¶
Surely extortion maketh the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyeth the understanding.
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7:8
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; [and] the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
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7:9
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
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7:10
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
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7:11 ¶
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance; yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.
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7:12
For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it.
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7:13
Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
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7:14
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yea, God hath made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything [that shall be] after him.
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7:15
All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth [his life] in his evil-doing.
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7:16
Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
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7:17
Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
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7:18
It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from that withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth from them all.
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7:19
Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.
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7:20
Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
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7:21
Also take not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee;
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7:22
for oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
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7:23 ¶
All this have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
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7:24
That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out?
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7:25
I turned about, and my heart [was set] to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason [of things], and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.
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7:26
And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, [and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
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7:27
Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, [laying] one thing to another, to find out the account;
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7:28
which my soul still seeketh, but 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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7:29
Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.