King James Version (KJV)
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.”
Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 7
6
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so [is] the laughter of the fool: this also [is] vanity.
7
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
8
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.
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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