Ecclesiastes 7:8-14

8Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; better is a patient spirit than a proud spirit.

9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be vexed; for vexation resteth in the bosom of fools.

10Say not, How is it that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, and profitable to them that see the sun.

12For wisdom is a defence [as] money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, [that] wisdom maketh them that possess it to live.

13Consider the work of 1God; for who can make straight what he hath made crooked?

14In the day of prosperity enjoy good, and in the day of adversity consider: 2God hath also set the one beside the other, to the end that man should find out nothing [of what shall be] after him.