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
2nd May 2021 - "Jesus Calling" - Mark 1:16-20
25th April 2021 - "Remember, Jesus is Coming" - James 5:1-12
18th April 2021 - "God is Holy, We Are Not" - Leviticus 23:26-28; 16:1-10, 29-30
11th April 2021 - "Remember Who Holds The Future" - James 4:13-17
4th April 2021 - "He Is Risen" - Matthew 28:1-15
28th March 2021 - "The Innocent for the Guilty" - Matthew 27:11-26
21st March 2021 - "Into All The World" - Matthew 28:16-20
14 March 2021 - "Choose Your Friends Wisely" - James 4:1-12
28th Feb 2021 - "Find True Wisdom" - James 3:13-18
21 Feb 2021 - "Your Words Matter" - James 3:1-12
14th Feb 2021 - "Genuine or False Faith" - James 2:14-26
7th Feb 2021 - "SEEING JESUS, SEEING GOD" - Mark 2:1-12
31st Jan 2021 - "God Has No Favourites" - James 2:1-13
24th Jan 2021 - "Remember To Listen" - James 1:19-27
17th Jan 2021 - "Remember the Goodness of God" - James 1:12-18
10 Jan 2021 - "Don't Waste Your Pain" - James 1:1-11
3rd Jan 2021 - "Ruth Marries Boaz" - Ruth 4:11-22
27th Dec 2020 - "Mary Visits Elizabeth" - Luke 1:39-56
20th Dec 2020 - "The Birth of Jesus" - Luke 2:1-7
13th Dec 2020 - "The Birth of Jesus Foretold" - Luke 1:26-38
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