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

Ecclesiastes 7:1-6

1 (7-2) A good name is better than precious ointments: and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.

2 (7-3) It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting: for in that we are put in mind of the end of all, and the living thinketh what is to come.

3 (7-4) Anger is better than laughter: because by the sadness of the countenance the mind of the offender is corrected.

4 (7-5) The heart of the wise is where there is mourning, and the heart of fools where there is mirth.

5 (7-6) It is better to be rebuked by a wise man, than to be deceived by the flattery of fools.

6 (7-7) For as the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool: now this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 7:11-12

11 (7-12) Wisdom with riches is more profitable, and bringeth more advantage to them that see the sun.

12 (7-13) For as wisdom is a defence, so money is a defence: but learning and wisdom excel in this, that they give life to him that possesseth them.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

19 (7-20) Wisdom hath strengthened the wise more than ten princes of the city.