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Ecclesiastes 7:8 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 7 · verse 8
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.Ecclesiastes 7:8 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 7:8 in context
6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
7Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
10Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
Commentary
Cross references
- Hebrews 10:36
- Psalms 126:5-6
- Proverbs 14:29
- 1 Peter 1:13
- James 5:11
- James 5:8
- Proverbs 15:18
- Proverbs 16:32
Key words (Strong's)
- beginningrêʼshîyththe first, in place, time, order or rankH7225 →
- patientʼârêklongH750 →
- Betterṭôwbgood in the widest senseH2896 →
- spiritrûwachwindH7307 →
- proudgâbâhhloftyH1362 →
- endʼachărîyththe last or end, hence, the futureH319 →
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Solomon had often complained before of the oppressions which he saw under the sun, which gave occasion for many melancholy speculations and were a great discouragement to virtue and piety. Now here, I. He grants the temptation to be strong (Ecc 7:7): Surely it is often too true that oppression makes a wise man mad.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-10