Ecclesiastes 7:5-12

⁵It is better to pay attention to someone who is wise rebuking you than to listen to the songs of a foolish person.

⁶By listening to foolish people laughing we will not learn any more than by listening to the crackling of thorns being burned under a pot. Listening to fools is senseless.

⁷When wise people say to others, “You must pay me a lot of money for me to protect you,” that causes those wise people to become foolish, and accepting bribes causes people to become unable to do what is fair/just.

⁸Finishing something is better than starting something, and being patient is better than being proud.

⁹Do not quickly ◄lose your temper/react to things angrily►, because it is foolish people SYN who become very angry.

¹⁰Do not say, “Things were a lot better RHQ previously,” because it is people who are not wise who say that.

¹¹Being wise is better than inheriting valuable things; being wise provides lasting benefits for every person on the earth MTY.

¹²We are sometimes protected by being wise like we are sometimes protected by having a lot of money, but being wise is better than having a lot of money, because being wise prevents us from doing foolish things that would cause us to die.