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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Ecclesiastes 7 Lamsa Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ecclesiastes/7.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ecclesiastes/7-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Lamsa</a> > Ecclesiastes 7</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ecclesiastes/6.htm" title="Ecclesiastes 6">◄</a> Ecclesiastes 7 <a href="../ecclesiastes/8.htm" title="Ecclesiastes 8">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Lamsa Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-1.htm#aramaic"><b>1</b></a></span>A GOOD name is better than a precious ointment; and the day of one's death than the day of his birth.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-2.htm#aramaic"><b>2</b></a></span>It is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting; for this is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-3.htm#aramaic"><b>3</b></a></span>Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>For as the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so is the laughter of fools; this is also vanity.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>Surely slander destroys a wise man; and a bribe destroys the heart.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; and the patient man in humbleness is better than the proud in spirit.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>Be not hastily angry, for anger rests in the bosom of the fools.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>Say not, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? For you do not enquire wisely concerning this.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>Wisdom is better than weapons; yea, it is better for those who see the light of the truth.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money; and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to him who possesses it.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>Consider the work of God; for who can straighten him who is crooked?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>In the day of prosperity be joyful, but look after yourself in the day of adversity. God also has made one thing opposite to another, to the end that man should know nothing after he is gone.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>All things have I seen in the days of my vanity; there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>Be not overrighteous; neither make yourself overwise; lest you should become stupid. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-17.htm#aramaic"><b>17</b></a></span>Be not excessively wicked, lest you be hated much; neither be foolish, lest you die before your time. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-18.htm#aramaic"><b>18</b></a></span>It is good that you should take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not your hand; for he who reverences God shall follow all these things.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-19.htm#aramaic"><b>19</b></a></span>Wisdom strengthens the wise more than ten princes that are in the city. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-20.htm#aramaic"><b>20</b></a></span>For there is no just man upon the earth, that does good, and sins not. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-21.htm#aramaic"><b>21</b></a></span>Also take no heed of all words that are spoken by the wicked; neither listen to your servant when he curses you; <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-22.htm#aramaic"><b>22</b></a></span>For your heart knows that you yourself have oftentimes cursed others.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-23.htm#aramaic"><b>23</b></a></span>I have tried all these things by wisdom; I said, I will be wise; but wisdom was far from me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-24.htm#aramaic"><b>24</b></a></span>Yea, wisdom was far off; it also had depth beyond depth; who can find it out? <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-25.htm#aramaic"><b>25</b></a></span>I went around and applied my heart to know and to visit and to search for wisdom and reason and to know the wickedness of the fool, even folly and transgression. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-26.htm#aramaic"><b>26</b></a></span>And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands bind him who is good; he who is good in the presence of God shall escape from her; but he who sins shall be caught by her.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-27.htm#aramaic"><b>27</b></a></span>Behold, I have found this, says the Preacher, weighing one thing against another to find out the purposes, <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-28.htm#aramaic"><b>28</b></a></span>And again my soul sought but I found not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all these I have not found. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/7-29.htm#aramaic"><b>29</b></a></span>But behold, this thing I have found, that God has made men upright; but they have sought out many devices.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible From The Ancient Eastern Texts: Aramaic Of The Peshitta by George M. 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