(A)For like the [a]crackling of thorns under a pot,
So is the laughter of the fool.
This also is vanity.
Surely oppression destroys a wise man’s reason,
(B)And a bribe [b]debases the heart.

The end of a thing is better than its beginning;
(C)The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:6 Lit. sound
  2. Ecclesiastes 7:7 destroys

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