Ecclesiastes 7:7-14

New King James Version

⁸ The end of a thing is better than its beginning;
^(B)The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
^9 (C)Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry,
For anger rests in the bosom of fools.
¹⁰ Do not say,
“Why were the former days better than these?”
For you do not inquire wisely concerning this.

¹¹ Wisdom is good with an inheritance,
And profitable ^(D)to those who see the sun.
¹² For wisdom is ^[b]a ^(E)defense as money is a defense,
But the ^[c]excellence of knowledge is that wisdom gives ^(F)life to those who have it.

¹³ Consider the work of God;
For ^(G)who can make straight what He has made crooked?
^14 (H)In the day of prosperity be joyful,
But in the day of adversity consider:
Surely God has appointed the one ^[d]as well as the other,
So that man can find out nothing that will come after him.