Ecclesiastes 7:4-11

⁴The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; But the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

⁵It is better to hear a reproof of a wise man, Than for a man to hear the song of fools.

⁶As the sound of thorns under a caldron, So is the laughter of fools: This is also vanity.

⁷For oppression makes a wise man mad, And destroys his noble heart.

⁸The end of a matter is better than the beginning thereof: The patient is better than the high-minded.

⁹Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: For anger will rest in the bosom of fools.

¹⁰Say not, What has happened, That the former days were better than these? For thou dost not inquire in wisdom concerning this.

¹¹Wisdom is good with an inheritance: And there is an advantage by it to them that see the sun.