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

Ecclesiastes 7:1-6

1 A good name [is] better than precious ointment, and the day of death [is better] than the day of one's birth.

2 Better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for [death is] the end of every person, and the living should take [it] to his heart.

3 Sorrow [is] better than laughter, for by sadness of countenance the heart is made good.

4 The heart of the wise [is] in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools [is] in the house of mirth.

5 Better to listen to [the] rebuke of [the] wise than for a man to listen to [the] song of fools.

6 Like the sound of thorns under a pot, so also the laughter of fools. This also [is] vanity!

Ecclesiastes 7:11-12

11 Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance; {it benefits the living}.

12 {For wisdom offers protection like money offers protection}. But knowledge [has] an advantage--wisdom restores life to its possessor.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

19 Wisdom gives more strength to the wise than ten rulers who are in the city.