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Ecclesiastes 7:10

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

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  1. Ecclesiastes 7:8

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

  2. Ecclesiastes 7:9

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

  3. Ecclesiastes 7:11

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

  4. Ecclesiastes 7:12

    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.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.