Ecclesiastes 7

1 ♥ 📝 A [good] name^H8034 is better^H2896 than precious^H2896 oil;^H8081 and the day^H3117 of death,^H4194 than the day^H3117 of one's birth.^H3205

2 ♥ 📝 It is better^H2896 to go^H3212 to the house^H1004 of mourning^H60 than to go^H3212 to the house^H1004 of feasting:^H4960 for^H834 that is the end^H5490 of all men;^H120 and the living^H2416 will lay^H5414 it to his heart.^H3820

3 ♥ 📝 Sorrow^H3708 is better^H2896 than laughter;^H7814 for by the sadness^H7455 of the countenance^H6440 the heart^H3820 is made glad.^H3190

4 ♥ 📝 The heart^H3820 of the wise^H2450 is in the house^H1004 of mourning;^H60 but the heart^H3820 of fools^H3684 is in the house^H1004 of mirth.^H8057

5 ♥ 📝 It is better^H2896 to hear^H8085 the rebuke^H1606 of the wise,^H2450 than for a man^H376 to hear^H8085 the song^H7892 of fools.^H3684

6 ♥ 📝 For as the crackling^H6963 of thorns^H5518 under a pot,^H5518 so is the laughter^H7814 of the fool:^H3684 this also is vanity.^H1892

7 ♥ 📝 Surely extortion^H6233 maketh the wise man^H2450 foolish;^H1984 and a bribe^H4979 destroyeth^H6 the understanding.^H3820

8 ♥ 📝 Better^H2896 is the end^H319 of a thing^H1697 than the beginning^H7225 thereof; [and] the patient^H750 in spirit^H7307 is better^H2896 than the proud^H1362 in spirit.^H7307

9 ♥ 📝 Be not hasty^H926 in thy spirit^H7307 to be angry;^H3707 for anger^H3708 resteth^H5117 in the bosom^H2436 of fools.^H3684

10 ♥ 📝 Say^H559 not thou, What is the cause that the former^H7223 days^H3117 were better^H2896 than these? for thou dost not inquire^H7592 wisely^H2451 concerning this.

11 ♥ 📝 Wisdom^H2451 is as good^H2896 as an inheritance;^H5159 yea, more excellent^H3148 is it for them that see^H7200 the sun.^H8121

12 ♥ 📝 For wisdom^H2451 is a defence,^H6738 even as money^H3701 is a defence;^H6738 but the excellency^H3504 of knowledge^H1847 is, that wisdom^H2451 preserveth the life^H2421 of him that hath^H1167 it.

13 ♥ 📝 Consider^H7200 the work^H4639 of God:^H430 for who can^H3201 make that straight,^H8626 which he hath made crooked?^H5791

14 ♥ 📝 In the day^H3117 of prosperity^H2896 be joyful,^H2896 and in the day^H3117 of adversity^H7451 consider;^H7200 yea, God^H430 hath made^H6213 the one side by side^H5980 with the other, to the end^H1700 that man^H120 should not find^H4672 out anything^H3972 [that shall be] after^H310 him.

15 ♥ 📝 All this have I seen^H7200 in my days^H3117 of vanity:^H1892 there is^H3426 a righteous^H6662 man that perisheth^H6 in his righteousness,^H6664 and there is a wicked^H7563 man that prolongeth^H748 [his life] in his evil-doing.^H7451

16 ♥ 📝 Be not righteous^H6662 overmuch;^H7235 neither make thyself ^H3148 overwise:^H2449 why shouldest thou destroy^H8074 thyself?

17 ♥ 📝 Be not overmuch^H7235 wicked,^H7561 neither be thou foolish:^H5530 why shouldest thou die^H4191 before thy time?^H6256

18 ♥ 📝 It is good^H2896 that thou shouldest take hold^H270 of this;^H2088 yea, also from that withdraw^H3240 not thy hand:^H3027 for he that feareth^H3373 God^H430 shall come forth^H3318 from them all.

19 ♥ 📝 Wisdom^H2451 is a strength^H5810 to the wise^H2450 man more than ten^H6235 rulers^H7989 that are in a city.^H5892

20 ♥ 📝 Surely there is not a righteous^H6662 man^H120 upon earth,^H776 that doeth^H6213 good,^H2896 and sinneth^H2398 not.

21 ♥ 📝 Also take^H5414 not heed^H3820 unto all words^H1697 that are spoken,^H1696 lest thou hear^H8085 thy servant^H5650 curse^H7043 thee;

22 ♥ 📝 for oftentimes^H6471 also thine own heart^H3820 knoweth^H3045 that thou thyself likewise hast cursed^H7043 others.^H312

23 ♥ 📝 All this^H2090 have I proved^H5254 in wisdom:^H2451 I said,^H559 I will be wise;^H2449 but it was far^H7350 from me.

24 ♥ 📝 That which is, is far off^H7350 and exceeding deep;^H6013 who can find it out?^H4672

25 ♥ 📝 I turned^H5437 about, and my heart^H3820 [was set] to know^H3045 and to search^H8446 out,^H1245 and to seek wisdom^H2451 and the reason^H2808 [of things], and to know^H3045 that wickedness^H7562 is folly,^H3689 and that foolishness^H5531 is madness.^H1947

26 ♥ 📝 And I find^H4672 more bitter^H4751 than death^H4194 the woman^H802 whose heart^H3820 is snares^H4685 and nets,^H2764 [and] whose hands^H3027 are bands:^H612 whoso pleaseth^H2896 God^H430 shall escape^H4422 from her; but the sinner^H2398 shall be taken^H3920 by her.

27 ♥ 📝 Behold,^H7200 this have I found,^H4672 saith^H559 the Preacher,^H6953 laying one^H259 thing to another,^H259 to find out^H4672 the account;^H2808

28 ♥ 📝 which my soul^H5315 still seeketh,^H1245 but I have not found:^H4672 one^H259 man^H120 among a thousand^H505 have I found;^H4672 but a woman^H802 among all those have I not found.^H4672

29 ♥ 📝 Behold,^H7200 this only^H905 have I found:^H4672 that God^H430 made^H6213 man^H120 upright;^H3477 but they have sought out^H1245 many^H120 inventions.^H2810