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Ecclesiastes 7:3-13

3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

3 Frustration is better than laughter, because a sad face is good for the heart.

4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.

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

5 It is better to heed the rebuke of a wise person than to listen to the song of fools.

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

6 Like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of fools. This too is meaningless.

7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

7 Extortion turns a wise person into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

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

8 The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride.

9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

9 Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.

10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.

10 Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is not wise to ask such questions.

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

11 Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing and benefits those who see the sun.

12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

12 Wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves those who have it.

13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

13 Consider what God has done: Who can straighten what he has made crooked?

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