Ecclesiastes 7:8-13

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.

¹²For wisdom is a defence as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom maketh them that possess it to live.

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