Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
A good name is better than fine
perfume,
and one’s
day of death is
better
than his
day of birth.
A good name is better than precious
ointment;
and the
day of death than the
day of one's
birth.
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.
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.
Sorrow is better than laughter ,
for a
sad
countenance is
good
for
the heart.
Sorrow is better than laughter :
for by
the
sadness
of
the
countenance the heart is
made
better
.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning ,
but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure
.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning ;
but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth
.
It is better to heed
a
wise
man’s
rebuke than to
listen
to the song of fools.
It is better to hear
the
rebuke of
the
wise,
than for
a
man
to hear
the song of fools.
For like
the crackling of thorns under the
pot, so is the laughter of the fool .
This too
is futile
.
For as
the crackling of thorns under a
pot, so is the laughter of the fool :
this also
is vanity
.
Surely extortion
turns
a wise man into
a
fool,
and a bribe
corrupts
the heart.
Surely oppression
maketh
a wise man mad;
and a gift
destroyeth
the heart.
The end of a matter
is
better
than the beginning ,
and a
patient spirit is better than a
proud one
.
Better
is
the end of a thing
than the beginning thereof:
and the
patient in
spirit is better than the
proud in
spirit
.
Do
not
be quickly
provoked
in your
spirit ,
for anger settles
in the lap
of a
fool
.
Be not
hasty
in thy
spirit to
be
angry:
for anger resteth
in the bosom
of fools
.
Do
not
say, “Why
were
the old
days better than these? ”
For it
is
unwise
of
you
to
ask
about
this.
Say not
thou
, What
is
the cause
that
the
former
days were
better than these? for thou
dost
not
enquire
wisely
concerning
this.
Wisdom ,
like
an
inheritance,
is good ,
and it benefits
those
who
see the sun.
Wisdom is good with
an
inheritance:
and by
it there
is
profit
to
them
that
see the sun.
For wisdom ,
like
money,
is a shelter
, and the advantage
of knowledge is that wisdom preserves
the
life of
its
owner
.
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
.
Consider the work of God: Who can straighten
what
He has
bent
?
Consider the work of God: for
who can make
that
straight,
which
he hath
made
crooked
?
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.
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
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.
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.
Do
not
be overly
righteous,
and
do
not make yourself
too
wise .
Why should
you
destroy yourself
?
Be not righteous
over
much;
neither
make thyself
over
wise :
why shouldest
thou
destroy thyself
?
Do
not
be excessively
wicked, and
do
not
be a
fool.
Why should
you
die before your
time?
Be not
over
much
wicked, neither
be thou
foolish:
why shouldest
thou
die before thy
time?
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
.
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
.
Wisdom makes
the wise man
stronger
than ten rulers
in a
city.
Wisdom strengtheneth
the wise more
than ten mighty
men
which
are
in the
city.
Surely
there is no
righteous
man on
earth who
does
good and never
sins
.
For
there is not
a
just
man upon
earth ,
that
doeth
good ,
and sinneth
not
.
Do
not
pay
attention
to
every
word
that is
spoken ,
or
you
may
hear your
servant cursing
you.
Also
take
no
heed
unto
all
words
that are
spoken ;
lest
thou
hear thy
servant curse
thee:
For you
know
in
your
heart that many
times
you
yourself
have
cursed others.
For oftentimes
also
thine
own
heart knoweth
that thou
thyself
likewise
hast
cursed others.
All this I tested
by wisdom ,
saying
, “
I resolve
to
be wise .”
But it was beyond
me.
All this have
I proved
by wisdom :
I
said
, I will
be wise ;
but it was far
from
me.
What
exists
is out
of
reach
and very
deep .
Who can fathom
it?
That
which
is far
off,
and exceeding
deep ,
who can find
it out
?
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 .
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 :
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
.
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
.
“
Behold, ”
says
the Teacher
, “I
have
discovered
this
by adding
one thing
to
another
to find an
explanation.
Behold, this
have
I
found,
saith
the preacher
, counting
one
by one ,
to find out
the
account:
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
.
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.
Only
this have I found :
I
have
discovered
that God made men
upright ,
but they have sought out many schemes
. ”
Lo,
this only
have I found ,
that God hath
made man
upright ;
but they have sought out many inventions
.
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