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Ecclesiastes 7

A dense wisdom chapter argues that serious reflection, correction, patience, and measured wisdom are better than shallow pleasure, while warning against self-righteous extremes and acknowledging universal human sinfulness.

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Verses 1–6A good name, mourning, sorrow, rebuke, and sober reflection can teach more than shallow pleasure Verses 7–10Oppression, impatience, pride, and nostalgia distort wisdom Verses 11–22Wisdom gives strength, but life contains both prosperity and adversity, and no one is perfectly righteous Verses 23–29The Preacher tests wisdom, finds folly bitter, and concludes that God made man upright but men sought many inventions

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1A good name is better than precious ointment; and the…2It is better to go to the house of mourning,…3Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of…4The heart of the wise is in the house of…5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,…6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so…7Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift…8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning…9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for…10Say not thou, What is the cause that the former…11Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there…12For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence:…13Consider the work of God: for who can make that…14In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the…15All things have I seen in the days of my…16Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise:…17Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why…18It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this;…19Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which…20For there is not a just man upon earth, that…21Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken;…22For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself…23All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I…24That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can…25I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and…26And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose…27Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one…28Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one…29Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made…