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
AM 26th June 2022 - ”THE HEART OF WORSHIP” - Ecclesiastes 5:1-7
19th June 2022 - ”BETTER TOGETHER” - Ecclesiastes 4:1-17
12th June 2022 - ”TIME LIMITS” - Ecclesiastes 3:1-22
5th June 2022 - ”FALLING AT THE FINAL HURDLE” - Numbers 13-14
29th May 2022 - ”ENJOYING GOD’s GIFTS” - Ecclesiastes 2:12-26
22nd May 2022 - ”SEARCHING FOR MEANING” - Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:11
15th May 2022 - ”THE FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY” - Acts 14
8th May 2022 - ”THE TRUTH ABOUT LIFE” - Ecclesiastes 1:1-11
1st May 2022 - ”God Provides” - Exodus 16:1-36
24th April 2022 - ”God Parted the Sea” - Exodus 14:5-31
17th April 2022 - ”Easter Sunday - He is Risen” - Luke 24:36-53
15th April 2022 - ”IN THE SHADOW OF THE CROSS” - John 19
10th April 2022 - ”INTO THE HOUR OF DARKNESS” - Luke 22:47-71
3rd April 2022 - ”God Called Moses” - Exodus 3:1-5
27th March 2022 - ”With Jesus in the Storm” - Mark 4:35-41
20th March 2022 - ”Salvation: Mission Unstoppable” - Acts 13:13-52
13th March 2022 - ”The Church that won’t sit still” - Acts 13:1-12
6th March 2022 - ”Jesus: Priest Forever” - Genesis 14:1-24
27th Feb 2022 - ”THE UNFORGOTTEN CHURCH” - Acts 12
20th Feb 2022 - ”God’s Mission: Planting & Building” - Acts 11:19-30
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