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
3rd Sept 2023 - ”Jesus Christ, One With Us” - Matthew 3:13-17
27th August 2023 - ”GOD KEEPS HIS WORD” - Exodus 12:29-51
20th August 2023 - ”Jesus Comes To Restore” - John 3:16-18
13th August 2023 - ”Finding Refuge With The King” - Psalm 16
6th August 2023 - ”Peter’s Denial & Restoration” - John 18:15-27 & 21:15-19
30th July 2023 - ”Peter’s Call & Confession” - Luke 5:1-11 & 9:18-20
23rd July 2023 - ”From Glory to Glory via Suffering” - Matthew 17:1-13
16th July 2023 - ”LORD OVER SICKNESS & DEATH” - Mark 5:21-43
9th July 2023 - ”Jesus the Great Restorer” - Mark 5:1-20
2nd July 2023 - ”God’s Unbreakable Promise” - Jeremiah 33:14-26
25th June 2023 - ”The Saving Power of the Lamb” - Exodus 12:1-32
18th June 2023 - ”God’s Word or God’s Judgement” - Exodus 10:21 - 11:10
11th June 2023 - ”None Like Him” - Exodus 9
4th June 2023 - ”The Living God in the Lion’s Den” - Daniel 6
28th May 2023 - ”God’s Great Acts of Judgement” - Exodus 7:1-25
21st May 2023 - ”WHO IS IN CHARGE HERE?” - Exodus 5:1 - 6:13
14th May 2022 - EQUIPPING GOD’s SERVANT” - Exodus 4:18-31
7th May 2023 - ”MEET THE TRUE KING” - Hebrews 1:1-9
30th April 2023 - ”DOUBT YOURSELF NOT GOD” -- Exodus 4:1-17
23rd April 2023 - ”A WORD YOU CAN TRUST” - Psalm 119:89-104
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