Ecclesiastes 7:3-12
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3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
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4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
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5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
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6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
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7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
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8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
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9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
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10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
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11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
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12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.