Ecclesiastes 7:7-10

7Surely aoppression drives the wise into madness,
and ba bribe corrupts the heart.
8Better is the end of a thing than its beginning,
and cthe patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9 dBe not quick in your spirit to become angry,
efor anger lodges in the heart
Hebrew  in the bosom
of fools.
10Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?”
For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.
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