Ecclesiastes 7:8-13

⁸The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.

⁹Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.

¹⁰Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.

¹¹Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.

¹²Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.

¹³Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?