10 The [a]end of a thing is better than the beginning thereof, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

11 Be not thou of an hasty spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

12 Say not thou, Why is it that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire [b]wisely of this thing.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:10 He noteth their lightness which enterprise a thing and suddenly leave it off again.
  2. Ecclesiastes 7:12 Murmur not against God when he sendeth adversities for man’s sins.

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