World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 7:10
“Don't say, "Why were the former days better than these?" For you do not ask wisely about this.”
Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 7
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Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
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Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
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Don't say, "Why were the former days better than these?" For you do not ask wisely about this.
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Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
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For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
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