Ecclesiastes 7:6-8

21st Century King James Version

⁶ For as is 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 bribe 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.