Ecclesiastes 7:6-13

⁶It is better to hear a reproof of a wise man, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

⁷As the sound of thorns under a cauldron, so is the laughter of fools: this is also vanity.

⁸for oppression makes a wise man mad, and destroys his noble heart.

⁹The end of a matter is better than the beginning thereof: the patient is better than the high-minded.

¹⁰Be not hasty in your spirit to be angry: for anger will rest in the bosom of fools.

¹¹Say not, What has happened, that the former days were better than these? for you do not enquire in wisdom concerning this.

¹²Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and there is an advantage by it to them that see the sun.

¹³For wisdom in its shadow is as the shadow of silver: and the excellence of the knowledge of wisdom will give life to him that has it.