Ecclesiastes 7:5-11

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

⁶For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

⁷Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad, and a gift destroyeth the heart.

⁸Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; better is a patient spirit than a proud spirit.

⁹Be not hasty in thy spirit to be vexed; for vexation resteth in the bosom of fools.

¹⁰Say not, How is it that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

¹¹Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, and profitable to them that see the sun.