King James Version (KJV)
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.”
Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 7
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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.
9
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
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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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Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance: and [by it there is] profit to them that see the sun.
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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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