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| 7:1 | A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. |
| 7:2 | It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. |
| 7:3 | Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. |
| 7:4 | The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. |
| 7:5 | It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. |
| 7:6 | For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity. |
| 7:7 | Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. |
| 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. |
| 7:9 | Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. |
| 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. |
| 7:11 | Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. |
| 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. |
| 7:13 | Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? |
| 7:14 | In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. |
| 7:15 | All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness. |
| 7:16 | Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself? |
| 7:17 | Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? |
| 7:18 | It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all. |
| 7:19 | Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city. |
| 7:20 | For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. |
| 7:21 | Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: |
| 7:22 | For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others. |
| 7:23 | All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. |
| 7:24 | That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out? |
| 7:25 | I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness: |
| 7:26 | And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. |
| 7:27 | Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account: |
| 7:28 | Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found. |
| 7:29 | Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. |
| 7:1 | Surely there be many things that increase vanitie: and what auaileth it man? |
| 7:2 | For who knoweth what is good for man in the life and in the nomber of the dayes of the life of his vanitie, seeing he maketh them as a shadowe? For who can shewe vnto man what shall be after him vnder the sunne? |
| 7:3 | A good name is better then a good oyntment, and the day of death, then the day that one is borne. |
| 7:4 | It is better to goe to the house of mourning, then to goe to the house of feasting, because this is the ende of all men: and the liuing shall lay it to his heart. |
| 7:5 | Anger is better then laughter: for by a sad looke the heart is made better. |
| 7:6 | The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning: but the heart of fooles is in the house of mirth. |
| 7:7 | Better it is to heare ye rebuke of a wise man, then that a man should heare the song of fooles. |
| 7:8 | For like ye noyse of the thornes vnder the pot, so is the laughter of the foole: this also is vanitie. |
| 7:9 | Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad: and the rewarde destroyeth the heart. |
| 7:10 | The ende of a thing is better then the beginning thereof, and the pacient in spirit is better then the proude in spirit. |
| 7:11 | Be not thou of an hastie spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosome of fooles. |
| 7:12 | Say not thou, Why is it that the former dayes were better then these? for thou doest not enquire wisely of this thing. |
| 7:13 | Wisedome is good with an inheritance, and excellent to them that see the sunne. |
| 7:14 | For man shall rest in the shadowe of wisedome, and in the shadowe of siluer: but the excellencie of the knowledge of wisedome giueth life to the possessers thereof. |
| 7:15 | Beholde the worke of God: for who can make straight that which he hath made crooked? |
| 7:16 | In the day of wealth be of good comfort, and in the day of affliction consider: God also hath made this contrary to that, to the intent that man shoulde finde nothing after him. |
| 7:17 | I haue seene all things in the dayes of my vanitie: there is a iust man that perisheth in his iustice, and there is a wicked man that continueth long in his malice. |
| 7:18 | Be not thou iust ouermuch, neither make thy selfe ouerwise: wherefore shouldest thou be desolate? |
| 7:19 | Be not thou wicked ouermuch, neither be thou foolish: wherefore shouldest thou perish not in thy time? |
| 7:20 | It is good that thou lay hold on this: but yet withdrawe not thine hand from that: for he that feareth God, shall come forth of them all. |
| 7:21 | Wisedome shall strengthen the wise man more then ten mightie princes that are in ye citie. |
| 7:22 | Surely there is no man iust in the earth, that doeth good and sinneth not. |
| 7:23 | Giue not thine heart also to all ye wordes that men speake, lest thou doe heare thy seruant cursing thee. |
| 7:24 | For often times also thine heart knoweth that thou likewise hast cursed others. |
| 7:25 | All this haue I prooued by wisedome: I thought I will be wise, but it went farre from me. |
| 7:26 | It is farre off, what may it be? and it is a profound deepenesse, who can finde it? |
| 7:27 | I haue compassed about, both I and mine heart to knowe and to enquire and to search wisedome, and reason, and to knowe the wickednesse of follie, and the foolishnesse of madnesse, |
| 7:28 | And I finde more bitter then death the woman whose heart is as nettes and snares, and her handes, as bands: he that is good before God, shalbe deliuered from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her. |
| 7:29 | Beholde, sayth the Preacher, this haue I found, seeking one by one to finde the count: (Ecclesiastes ) And yet my soule seeketh, but I finde it not: I haue found one man of a thousand: but a woman among them all haue I not founde. : (Ecclesiastes ) Onely loe, this haue I founde, that God hath made man righteous: but they haue sought many inuentions. : |
| 7:1 | A Good name is more worth then a precyous oyntment, and the daye of death is better then the daye of byrth. |
| 7:2 | It is better to go into an house of mourninge, then into a bancketinge house. For there is the ende of all men, & he that is liuing, taketh it to hert: |
| 7:3 | grauytie is better then to laugh: for when the countenaunce is heuy, the herte is refourmed. |
| 7:4 | The hert of the wyse is in the mournyng house, but the hert of the folysh is in the house of myrth. |
| 7:5 | It is better to geue care to the chastenynge of a wyse man then to heare the songe of fooles. |
| 7:6 | For the laughinge of foles is lyke the crackynge of thornes vnder a pot. And that is but a vayne thynge. |
| 7:7 | The wyse man hateth wronge delynge: & abhorreth the harte that couetith rewardes. |
| 7:8 | Better it is to consydre, the ende of a thinge then the begynnynge. The pacient of sprete is better then the hye mynded. |
| 7:9 | Be not hastely angrie in thy mynde, for wrath resteth in the bosome of fooles. |
| 7:10 | Saye not thou: What is the cause, that the dayes of the olde tyme were better, then they that be nowe? for that were no wyse question. |
| 7:11 | Wysdome wt enheritaunce is good yet better is it wt them that without care may beholde the sonne. |
| 7:12 | For wysdome defendeth as well as moneye, & the excellent knowledge & wysdome geueth lyfe vnto him that hath it in possession. |
| 7:13 | Considre the worke of God how that no man can make the thing straight which he maketh croked. |
| 7:14 | Use wel the tyme of prosperite, & remembre the tyme of mysfortune: for God maketh the one by the other, so that a man can fynde nothing els. |
| 7:15 | All thinges haue I considred in the tyme of my vanite: that the iust man perisheth for his righteousnes sake, & the vngodly lyueth in hys wyckednesse. |
| 7:16 | Therfore be thou nether to ryghteous ner ouer wyse, that thou perishe not: |
| 7:17 | be nether to vnryghteous also ner to folysh, lest thou dye before thy tyme. |
| 7:18 | It is good for the to take holde of this, & not to let that go out of thy hand. For he that feareth God, commeth forth with them all. |
| 7:19 | Wysdome geueth more corage vnto the wyse, then ten myghtie men of the citye: |
| 7:20 | for there is not one iust vpon earth, that doth good, and synneth not. |
| 7:21 | Take not hede vnto euery worde that is spoken, lest thou heare thy seruaunt curse the: |
| 7:22 | for thine awne hert knoweth that thou thy selfe also hast oft tymes spoken euell by other men. |
| 7:23 | All these thinges haue I proued in wysdome: for I thought to be wyse but she went farther fro me then she was before, |
| 7:24 | yee & so depe that I might not reach vnto her. |
| 7:25 | I applyed my mynde also vnto knowledge, & to seke & searche oute science, wysdome & vnderstanding: to knowe the foolyshnesse of the vngodly, & the errour of dotinge fooles. |
| 7:26 | And I founde, that a woman is bytterer then death: for she hath cast abrode, her herte as a nett that men fishe with, and her handes are cheynes. Who so pleaseth God, shall escape from her: but the synner will be taken with her. |
| 7:27 | Beholde (sayeth the preacher) thys haue I diligently searched oute & proued. One thinge must be considred with another, that a man may come by knowledge: whych as yet I seke, & fynde it not. |
| 7:28 | Among a thousande men I haue founde one, but not one woman amonge all. |
| 7:29 | Lo, this onely haue I founde, that God made man iust and ryght, but they sought many inuencions. |
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