Banchory Christian Fellowship Church
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
Ecclesiastes 7:1-12
English Standard Version
The Contrast of Wisdom and Folly
7 A good name is better than precious ointment,
and the day of death than the day of birth.
2 It is better to go to the house of mourning
than to go to the house of feasting,
for this is the end of all mankind,
and the living will lay it to heart.
3 Sorrow is better than laughter,
for by sadness of face the heart is made glad.
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 for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise
than to hear the song of fools.
6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot,
so is the laughter of the fools;
this also is vanity.[a]
7 Surely oppression drives the wise into madness,
and a bribe corrupts the heart.
8 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning,
and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9 Be not quick in your spirit to become angry,
for anger lodges in the heart[b] of fools.
10 Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?”
For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.
11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance,
an advantage to those who see the sun.
12 For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money,
and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
Footnotes
19th May 2024 - "Two Ways to Suffer" - 1 Peter 4:12-19
12th May 2024 - "Life Together" - 1 Peter 4:7-11
5th May 2024 - "Jesus Our Perfect King" - Luke 23:1-43
28th April 2024 - "THINKING LIKE JESUS" - 1 Peter 4:1-6
21st April 2024 - "Living for the Victorious Saviour" - 1 Peter 3:8-22
PM 14th April 2024 - "A family of followers" - Mark 3:31-35
14th April 2024 - "Count it all joy" - James 1:1-12
7th April 2024 - "What does God look like?" - 2 Corinthians 4:6
31st March 2024 - "CHRIST IS RISEN!" - Luke 24:1-12
24th March 2024 - "Behold Your King" - Luke 19:28-40
17th March 2024 - "LIVING FOR JESUS AT HOME" - 1 Peter 3:1-12
10th March 2024 - "FOLLOWING THE STEPS OF JESUS" - 1 Peter 2:18-25
3rd March 2024 - "TESTING JESUS" - Matthew 22:15-22
25th February 2024 - "Living as God's People in the World" - 1 Peter 2:11-17
18th February 2024 - "The Real Jesus" - Mark 8:27-38(ESV)
11th February 2024 - "BUILT ON A SURE FOUNDATION" - 1 Peter 2:4-10
4th February 2024 - "An Invitation From The King" - Matthew 22:1-14
28th January 2024 - "Serving & Showing Christ at Home & Work" - Ephesians 6:1-9
21st January 2024 - "Happy Exiles in Hard Times" - 1 Peter 1:3-12
14th January 2024 - ”Rejected by the World, Chosen by God” - 1 Peter 1:1-2
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