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href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.1.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.7.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>It is better to go to a house of mourning</p><p class="poem">than to go to a house of feasting,</p><p class="poem">since that is the end of all mankind,</p><p class="poem">and the living should take it to heart.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.7.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Grief is better than laughter,</p><p class="poem">for when a face is sad, a heart may be glad.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.7.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The heart of the wise is in a house of mourning,</p><p class="poem">but the heart of fools is in a house of pleasure.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.7.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>It is better to listen to rebuke from a wise person</p><p class="poem">than to listen to the song of fools,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.7.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>for like the crackling of burning thorns under the pot,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">so is the laughter of the fool.</p><p class="poem">This too is futile.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.7.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Surely, the practice of extortion turns a wise person into a fool,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and a bribe corrupts the mind.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.7.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The end of a matter is better than its beginning;</p><p class="poem">a patient spirit is better than a proud spirit.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.7.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Don’t let your spirit rush to be angry,</p><p class="poem">for anger abides in the heart of fools.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.7.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these? ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">since it is not wise of you to ask this.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.7.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Wisdom is as good as an inheritance</p><p class="poem">and an advantage to those who see the sun,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.7.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>because wisdom is protection as silver is protection;</p><p class="poem">but the advantage of knowledge</p><p class="poem">is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.7.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Consider the work of God,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">for who can straighten out</p><p class="poem">what he has made crooked?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.13.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.7.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>In the day of prosperity be joyful,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> but in the day of adversity, consider: God has made the one as well as the other,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.14.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> so that no one can discover anything that will come after him.</p><h3 class="head1">Avoiding Extremes</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.7.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>In my futile life<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Ecclesiastes.7.15.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> I have seen everything:<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> someone righteous perishes in spite of his righteousness,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.15.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> and someone wicked lives long in spite of his evil.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.15.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.7.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Don’t be excessively righteous, and don’t be overly wise.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Why should you destroy yourself? <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.7.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Don’t be excessively wicked, and don’t be foolish. Why should you die before your time?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.7.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>It is good that you grasp the one and do not let the other slip from your hand. For the one who fears God will end up with both of them.</p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.7.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Wisdom makes the wise person stronger</p><p class="poem">than ten rulers of a city.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.7.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>There is certainly no one righteous on the earth</p><p class="poem">who does good and never sins.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.7.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Don’t pay attention<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Ecclesiastes.7.21.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> to everything people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.7.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>for in your heart you know that many times you yourself have cursed others.</p><h3 class="head1">What the Teacher Found</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.7.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>I have tested all this by wisdom. I resolved, “I will be wise,” but it was beyond me. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.7.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>What exists is beyond reach and very deep.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.24.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Who can discover it? <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.7.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>I turned my thoughts to know, explore, and examine wisdom<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.25.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and an explanation for things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity and folly is madness. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.7.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And I find more bitter than death<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.26.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> the woman who is a trap:<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.26.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> her heart a net and her hands chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be captured by her. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.7.27" /> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“Look,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find out the explanation, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.7.28" /> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>which my soul continually searches for but does not find: I found one person in a thousand, but none of those was a woman.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.28.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Ecclesiastes.7.29" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Only see this: I have discovered that God made people upright,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.29.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> but they pursued many schemes.”</p><br /><section id="footnotes-Ecclesiastes.7" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Ecclesiastes.7.15.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.15">7:15</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">days</span></aside><aside id="fn.Ecclesiastes.7.21.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.21">7:21</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">Don’t give your heart</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Ecclesiastes.7" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.1">7:1</a></span> Pr 22:1; Ezk 36:21</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.1">7:1</a></span> Ec 4:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.2">7:2</a></span> Ps 90:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.3">7:3</a></span> Pr 14:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.5">7:5</a></span> Pr 13:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.6">7:6</a></span> Ps 58:9; 118:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.7">7:7</a></span> Ec 4:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.7">7:7</a></span> Dt 16:19; Pr 17:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.8">7:8</a></span> Pr 14:29</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.9">7:9</a></span> Pr 14:17; Jms 1:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.10">7:10</a></span> Jdg 6:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.12">7:12</a></span> Pr 3:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.13">7:13</a></span> Ec 3:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.13.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.13">7:13</a></span> Ec 1:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.14">7:14</a></span> Ec 3:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.14.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.14">7:14</a></span> Lm 3:38</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.15">7:15</a></span> Ec 6:12; 9:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.15.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.15">7:15</a></span> Ec 8:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.15.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.15">7:15</a></span> Ec 8:12–13</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.16">7:16</a></span> Ec 2:15; Rm 12:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.17">7:17</a></span> Jb 22:16; Ps 55:23; Pr 10:27</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.19">7:19</a></span> Ec 9:13–18</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.20">7:20</a></span> 1Kg 8:46; Rm 3:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.21">7:21</a></span> Pr 30:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.24.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.24">7:24</a></span> Rm 11:33</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.25.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.25">7:25</a></span> Ec 1:15,17</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.26.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.26">7:26</a></span> Pr 5:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.26.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.26">7:26</a></span> Pr 6:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.28.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.28">7:28</a></span> 1Kg 11:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Ecclesiastes.7.29.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Ecclesiastes.7.29">7:29</a></span> Gn 1:27</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Ecclesiastes.7" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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