Verse
KJV
King James Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
A good name is better than precious
ointment;
and the
day of death than the
day of one's
birth.
A good name is better than fine
perfume,
and one’s
day of death is
better
than his
day of birth.
It is better to go
to
the
house of mourning ,
than to
go
to
the
house of feasting :
for
that
is the end of all
men;
and the living will
lay
it
to his
heart.
It is better to enter
a
house of mourning than a
house of feasting ,
since
death
is the end of every
man,
and the living should
take
this
to heart.
Sorrow is better than laughter :
for by
the
sadness
of
the
countenance the heart is
made
better
.
Sorrow is better than laughter ,
for a
sad
countenance is
good
for
the heart.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning ;
but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth
.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning ,
but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure
.
It is better to hear
the
rebuke
of
the
wise ,
than for
a
man
to hear
the song of fools.
It is better to heed
a
wise man’s
rebuke
than to listen
to
the song of fools.
For as
the crackling of thorns under a
pot, so is the laughter of the fool :
this also
is vanity
.
For like
the crackling of thorns under the
pot, so is the laughter of the fool .
This too
is futile
.
Surely oppression
maketh
a wise man mad;
and a gift
destroyeth
the heart.
Surely extortion
turns
a wise man into
a
fool,
and a bribe
corrupts
the heart.
Better
is
the end of a thing
than the beginning thereof:
and the
patient in
spirit is better than the
proud in
spirit
.
The end of a matter
is
better
than the beginning ,
and a
patient spirit is better than a
proud one
.
Be
not hasty
in thy
spirit to
be
angry:
for anger resteth
in the bosom
of fools
.
Do
not be
quickly
provoked
in your
spirit ,
for anger settles
in the lap
of a
fool
.
Say
not thou
, What
is
the
cause
that
the former
days were
better than these? for thou
dost
not
enquire
wisely
concerning
this.
Do
not say
, “Why
were
the old
days better than these? ”
For it
is
unwise
of
you
to
ask
about
this.
Wisdom is
good
with
an inheritance :
and by
it there
is
profit
to
them
that
see the sun.
Wisdom ,
like
an inheritance ,
is
good,
and it benefits
those
who
see the sun.
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
.
For wisdom, like
money ,
is a shelter,
and
the advantage
of knowledge is that wisdom preserves
the
life of
its
owner
.
Consider the work of God: for
who can make
that
straight,
which
he hath
made
crooked
?
Consider the work of God: Who can straighten
what
He has
bent
?
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also
hath
set
the
one over
against
the other, to
the
end
that man should
find
nothing
after him.
In the day of prosperity ,
be joyful, but in the day of adversity ,
consider this
: God has
made
one of
these
along
with
the other, so
that a
man cannot
discover
anything
that
will
come
after him.
All
things
have
I seen in
the
days
of my
vanity
: there
is
a just
man that
perisheth
in his righteousness, and there
is
a wicked man that
prolongeth
his
life
in his wickedness.
In
my
futile
life
I have
seen both
of these
: A righteous
man perishing
in his righteousness, and a wicked man living
long
in his wickedness.
Be
not righteous over
much;
neither
make thyself
over
wise :
why shouldest
thou
destroy thyself
?
Do
not be
overly
righteous ,
and
do
not
make yourself
too
wise .
Why should
you
destroy yourself
?
Be
not over
much
wicked, neither
be thou
foolish:
why shouldest
thou
die before thy
time?
Do
not be
excessively
wicked, and
do
not
be a
fool.
Why should
you
die before your
time?
It is good that
thou
shouldest
take
hold
of
this;
yea,
also
from
this
withdraw
not thine
hand :
for he that
feareth
God shall
come
forth
of
them
all
.
It is good to
grasp
the
one
and
not let
the
other
slip
from
your
hand .
For he who
fears
God will
follow
both
warnings
.
Wisdom strengtheneth
the wise more
than ten mighty
men
which
are
in the
city.
Wisdom makes
the wise man
stronger
than ten rulers
in a
city.
For
there is not
a
just
man upon
earth ,
that
doeth
good ,
and sinneth
not
.
Surely
there is no
righteous
man on
earth who
does
good and never
sins
.
Also
take
no
heed
unto
all
words
that are
spoken ;
lest
thou
hear thy
servant curse
thee:
Do
not
pay
attention
to
every
word
that is
spoken ,
or
you
may
hear your
servant cursing
you.
For oftentimes
also
thine
own
heart knoweth
that thou
thyself
likewise
hast
cursed others.
For you
know
in
your
heart that many
times
you
yourself
have
cursed others.
All this have
I proved
by wisdom :
I
said
, I will
be wise ;
but it was far
from
me.
All this I tested
by wisdom, saying,
“
I resolve
to
be wise .”
But it was beyond
me.
That
which
is far
off,
and exceeding
deep ,
who can find
it out
?
What
exists
is out
of
reach
and very
deep .
Who can fathom
it?
I applied
mine
heart
to know
, and
to search
, and
to seek
out wisdom ,
and the
reason
of
things
, and to know
the wickedness
of folly ,
even
of foolishness
and
madness :
I directed
my
mind
to understand
, to explore
, to search
out wisdom and explanations
, and to understand
the stupidity
of wickedness
and
the
folly of madness .
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares
and
nets
, and her
hands as
bands:
whoso
pleaseth
God shall
escape
from
her ;
but the sinner shall
be
taken
by
her
.
And I find more bitter than death the woman who
is
a
snare
, whose heart is a
net
, and whose
hands are
chains.
The
man
who
pleases
God escapes
her ,
but the sinner is
ensnared
.
Behold, this
have
I
found,
saith
the preacher
, counting
one
by one ,
to find out
the
account:
“
Behold, ”
says
the Teacher
, “I
have
discovered
this
by adding
one thing
to another
to
find an
explanation.
Which
yet
my soul seeketh,
but I
find
not :
one
man
among a thousand have
I found ;
but a
woman
among all those
have
I not found.
While
my soul was
still
searching
but not finding,
among a thousand I have
found one
upright
man,
but among all these
I have
not found one
such
woman
.
Lo,
this
only have I found ,
that God hath
made man
upright ;
but they have sought out many inventions
.
Only this
have I found :
I
have
discovered
that God made men
upright ,
but they have sought out many schemes
. ”
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