Selah · Bible verse
Ecclesiastes 7:8
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
In context
6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
7Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
8Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
10Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.
Verses quoted from the World English Bible (public domain).
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In other languages
日本語 · コヘレトの言葉 7:8 · 口語訳聖書事の終りはその初めよりも良い。耐え忍ぶ心は、おごり高ぶる心にまさる。한국어 · 전도서 7:8 · 개역한글일의 끝이 시작보다 낫고 참는 마음이 교만한 마음보다 나으니Español · Eclesiastés 7:8 · Reina-Valera (1909)Mejor es el fin del negocio que su principio: mejor es el sufrido de espíritu que el altivo de espíritu.Português · Eclesiastes 7:8 · Bíblia Livre (2018)Melhor é o fim das coisas do que o princípio delas; melhor é o paciente de espírito do que o arrogante de espírito.
