Ecclesiastes 7:6-14

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

⁷For exercising oppression maketh a wise man mad; and bribery corrupteth the heart.

⁸Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: better is the patient in spirit than the proud in spirit.

⁹Be not rash in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in bosom of fools.

¹⁰Thou must not say, How was it that the former days were better than these? for it is not out of wisdom that thou askest concerning this.

¹¹Wisdom is better than an inheritance, yea, preferable for those that see the sun;

¹²For under the shadow of wisdom a man is equally well as under the shadow of money; but the superior excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to him that possesseth it.

¹³Consider then the work of God; for who can make straight what he hath made crooked?

¹⁴On the day of prosperity be happy, but on the day of adversity look on: also this hath God made in equal measure with the other, to the end that man should not find the least to censure him.