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
6th Dec 2020 - "Imitating Christ's Humility" - Philippians 2:1-11
29th Nov 2020 - "Let your manner of life be worthy of the Gospel" - Philippians 1:27-30
22nd Nov 2020 - "The Able Redeemer" - Titus 3:1-7 and Ruth 4
15th Nov 2020 - "The Willing Redeemer" - Ruth 3
8th Nov 2020 - "Shelter From The Storm" - Ruth 2
1st Nov 2020 - "Lost and Found" - Luke 15:1-7
25th Oct 2020 - "Deliverance through Drought and Deluge" - Psalm 42-43
18th Oct 2020 - Sermon Only - "Long Walk Home" - Ruth 1
18th Oct 2020 - Whole Service - "Long Walk Home" - Ruth 1
11th Oct 2020 - Sermon Only - "Hitting Rock Bottom" - Ruth 1
11th Oct 2020 - Whole Service - "Hitting Rock Bottom" - Ruth 1
4th Oct 2020 - "When Harvest Doesn’t Come" - Habakkuk 3
27th Sept 2020 - "I Am the True Vine" - John 15:1-17
20 Sept 2020 - "I Am the Way, the Truth and the Life" - John 14:1-14
13th Sept 2020 - "I AM The Resurrection & The Life" - John 11:17-44
6th Sept 2020 - "I Am the Good Shepherd" - John 10:7-18
30th Aug 2020 - "I Am the Gate" - John 10:1-10
23rd Aug 2020 - "I Am the Light of the World" - John 8:12-30
16th Aug 2020 - "I Am the Bread of Life" - John 6:22-59
9th Aug 2020 - "Keeping Watch" - Psalm 121
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