Ecclesiastes Chapter 7 consists of 29 verses,
verses 1-8 are listed below:
1.A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
2.It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
3.Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
4.The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5.It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
6.For as 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 gift 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.
Reference Scripture:
Reference Scripture:
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.-Ecclesiastes 1:1
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