Ecc 7:8-10 | 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 7:8-10

8 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning,
and ^athe patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9 ^bBe not quick in your spirit to become angry,
^cfor anger lodges in the heart ^{▼▼Hebrew in the bosom} of fools.
10 Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?”
For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.