Ecclesiastes 7:1-6; Ecclesiastes 7:11-12; Ecclesiastes 7:19

Ecclesiastes 7:1-6

1 A good name is better than oil of great price, and the day of death than the day of birth.

2 It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.

3 Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.

4 The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.

5 It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.

6 Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.

Ecclesiastes 7:11-12

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

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

Ecclesiastes 7:19

19 Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.