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Ecclesiastes 7:8

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

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  1. Ecclesiastes 7:6

    For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

  2. Ecclesiastes 7:7

    Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

  3. Ecclesiastes 7:9

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

  4. Ecclesiastes 7:10

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