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
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
7th January 2024 - ”Precious Words For Anxious Hearts” - Matthew 6:25-34
31st December 2023 - ”Keep Calm and Preach The Gospel” - 2 Corinthians 4:1-7
17th December 2023 - ”Long Expected Jesus” - Matthew 2:13-23
10th December 2023 - ”Bow Before The True King” - Matthew 2:1-12
3rd December 2023 - ”WHAT CHILD IS THIS?”
26th November 2023 - ”A Perfectly Planned Pregnancy” - Matthew 1:18-25
19th November 2023 - ”Who do you think Jesus is?” - Matthew 1:1-17
12th November 2023 - ”Invitation to meet God” - Exodus 19
5th November 2023 - ”Mission Sunday” - Mark 15:33-39
29th October 2023 - ”WHY DOES THE LORD SAVE?” - Exodus 18 (ESV)
22nd October 2023 - ”Is the Lord with us?” - Exodus 17
15th October 2023 - ”Work Out Your Salvation” - Philippians 2:12-18
8th October 2023 - ” God - The patient Provider”- Exodus 15:22-16:36
1st Oct 2023 - ”Waiting For New Birth” - John 3:1-18
17th Sept 2023 - ”See the Salvation of the Lord” - Exodus 13:17 - 14:31
10th Sept 2023 - ”NEVER FORGET HOW YOU GOT HERE” - Exodus 13:1-16
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