Ecclesiastes 7:8

American Standard Version

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

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Ecclesiastes 7:8 in other translations

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning.
The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Ecclesiastes 7:8 · World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:8 in context

  1. 6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
  2. 7Surely extortion maketh the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyeth the understanding.
  3. 8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
  4. 9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
  5. 10Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

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