Mistari Maarufu ya Biblia kutoka Ecclesiastes 7

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Do not be quick in spirit to be angry or vexed, for anger and vexation lodge in the bosom of fools. [James 1:19, 20.]

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider that God has made the one side by side with the other, so that man may not find out anything that shall be after him.

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning of it, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth who does good and never sins. [Isa. 53:6; Rom. 3:23.]

For wisdom is a defense even as money is a defense, but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom shields and preserves the life of him who has it.

A GOOD name is better than precious perfume, and the day of death better than the day of one's birth.

It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools.

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to heart.

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth and sensual joy.