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
26th March 2023 - ”GOD COMES DOWN” - Exodus 3:1-10
19th March 2023 - ”God Sees, God Knows” - Exodus 2
12th March 2023 - ”Dark Clouds, Big Promises” - Exodus 1 (ESV)
5th March 2023 - ”IF GOD BE FOR US...” - 2 Kings 6:8-23 (ESV)
26th February 2023 - ”What Kind of Leaders?” - Acts 20:2-38
19th February 2023 - ”Following Jesus is Costly” - Acts 19:11-20:1
12th February 2023 - ”Truth Really Matters” - Acts 18:24-19:10
5th February 2023 - ”OUNUMBERED, NOT OVERPOWERED” - 1 Kings 18:16-39
29th January 2023 - ”GOD MOVES IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS” - Acts 18:1-23
22nd January 2023 - ”THE GOD YOU NEED TO KNOW” - Acts 17:16-34
15th January 2023 - ”PREACH-SUFFER-REPEAT” - Acts 17:1-15
8th January 2023 - ”Chains Shall He Break” - Acts 16_16-40
1st January 2023 - ”Choose Wisely” - 2 Chronicles 1:7-13
25th December 2022 - ”Christmas Day Service” - Luke 2:1-16
18th December 2022 - ”BORN TO GIVE SECOND BIRTH” - John 3:1-21
11th December 2022 - ”WHO IS GOD AND LORD OF ALL” - John 1:1-18
27th November 2022 - ”God’s Mission Breaks New Ground” - Acts 15:36 - 16:15
20th November 2022 - ”WHAT MAKES US CHRISTIAN” - Acts 15:1-35
13th November 2022 - ”REMEMBER YOUR CRETOR”- Ecclesiastes 11:9-12:14
6thNovember 2022 - ”SEEING WHAT GOD SEES” - 1 Samuel 16:1-13
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