Ecc 7:8, 13-14 | ESV | STEP | Better is the end of a thing than its beginning , and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit .

Ecclesiastes 7:8

8 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning,
and ^athe patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Ecclesiastes 7:13-14

13 Consider ^bthe work of God:
^cwho can make straight what he has made crooked?
14 ^dIn the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, ^eso that man may not find out anything that will be after him.