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 Oct 2021 - ”THERE IS A GOD IN HEAVEN” - Danial 2
26th Sept 2021 - ”The Church That Won‘t Be Silenced” - Acts 4:1-31
19th Sept 2021 - ”There is power in the name of Jesus” - Acts 3
12th Sept 2021 - ”What Kind of Church” - Acts 2:42-47
5th Sept 2021 - ”Daniel‘s Faithfulness” - Daniel 1
29th Aug 2021 - "The Message of God's Mission" - Acts 2:1-41
22nd Aug 2021 - "God's People Prepared For God's Mission" - Acts 1:12-26
8th Aug 2021 - "Do I need a Superhero like Jesus?" - Mark 10:17-31
1st August 2021 - "The Transforming Power of God" - Isaiah 61:1-11
25th July 2021 - "God is Jealous" - Exodus 20:1-6 & 34:12-14
18th July 2021 - "The past and future that drives the present" - Titus 2(ESV)
11th July 2021 - "A Last Request" - Adrian Rowett
27th June 2021 - "Can Someone Change?" - Acts 9:1-19
20th June 2021 - "God's Servant In Our Place" - Isaiah 53:4-6
13th June 2021 - "The Unrecognised Servant" - Isaiah 52:13 - 53:3
6th June 2021- "The Upside-down Kingdom" - Mark 10:35-45
30th May 2021 - "God's Servant, The True Disciple" - Isaiah 50
23rd May 2021 - "God's Servant Speaks" - Isaiah 49:1-13
16th May 2021 - "Meet God's Servant, Your Saviour" - Isaiah 42:1-9
9th May 2021 - "Remember the Power of Prayer" - James 5:13-20
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