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Ecclesiastes 7:3-20

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3Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.
4The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.
5It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.
6Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.
7The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.
8The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.
9Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.
10Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.
11Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.
12Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.
13Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?
14In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.
15These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.
16Be not given overmuch to righteousness and be not over-wise. Why let destruction come on you?
17Be not evil overmuch, and be not foolish. Why come to your end before your time?
18It is good to take this in your hand and not to keep your hand from that; he who has the fear of God will be free of the two.
19Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.
20There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.

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