Ecclesiastes 7:8-14

8Better the end of a matter than its beginning. Better a patient spirit than a proud one.

9Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the bosom of fools.

10Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this.

11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, and even better for those who see the sun.

12For wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: wisdom preserves the life of the one who possesses it.

13Consider the work of God, for who can straighten what He has bent?

14In a time of prosperity, prosper! But in a time of adversity, consider: God has made one as well as the other. Therefore man cannot discover anything about his future.