# Ecclesiastes 7

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[1] A good name is better than fine perfume,
and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth. [2] 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. [3] Sorrow is better than laughter,
for a sad countenance is good for the heart. [4] The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,
but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure. [5] It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke
than to listen to the song of fools. [6] For like the crackling of thorns under the pot,
so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile. [7] Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool,
and a bribe corrupts the heart. [8] The end of a matter is better than the beginning,
and a patient spirit is better than a proud one. [9] Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit,
for anger settles in the lap of a fool. [10] Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?”
For it is unwise of you to ask about this. [11] Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good,
and it benefits those who see the sun. [12] For wisdom, like money, is a shelter,
and the advantage of knowledge
is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner. [13] Consider the work of God:
Who can straighten what He has bent? [14] 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. [15] 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. [16] Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself? [17] Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time? [18] 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. [19] Wisdom makes the wise man
stronger than ten rulers in a city. [20] Surely there is no righteous man on earth
who does good and never sins. [21] Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you. [22] For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others. [23] All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me. [24] What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it? [25] 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. [26] 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. [27] “Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation. [28] 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. [29] Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”

## Each verse

- Ecclesiastes 7:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/1
- Ecclesiastes 7:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/2
- Ecclesiastes 7:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/3
- Ecclesiastes 7:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/4
- Ecclesiastes 7:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/5
- Ecclesiastes 7:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/6
- Ecclesiastes 7:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/7
- Ecclesiastes 7:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/8
- Ecclesiastes 7:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/9
- Ecclesiastes 7:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/10
- Ecclesiastes 7:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/11
- Ecclesiastes 7:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/12
- Ecclesiastes 7:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/13
- Ecclesiastes 7:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/14
- Ecclesiastes 7:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/15
- Ecclesiastes 7:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/16
- Ecclesiastes 7:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/17
- Ecclesiastes 7:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/18
- Ecclesiastes 7:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/19
- Ecclesiastes 7:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/20
- Ecclesiastes 7:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/21
- Ecclesiastes 7:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/22
- Ecclesiastes 7:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/23
- Ecclesiastes 7:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/24
- Ecclesiastes 7:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/25
- Ecclesiastes 7:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/26
- Ecclesiastes 7:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/27
- Ecclesiastes 7:28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/28
- Ecclesiastes 7:29 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/7/29