Key Verse Spotlight
Ecclesiastes 7:8 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Better {is} the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: {and} the patient in spirit {is} better than the proud in spirit.”
Ecclesiastes 7:8
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so {is} the laughter of the fool: this also {is} vanity. {crackling: Heb. sound}
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Better {is} the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: {and} the patient in spirit {is} better than the proud in spirit.
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Say not thou, What is {the cause} that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. {wisely: Heb. out of wisdom}
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