NOTHING AFTER HIM
ECCLESIASTES 7:7-14
SURELY OPPRESSION MAKETH
A WISE MAN MAD;
AND A GIFT DESTROYETH THE HEART.
BETTER IS THE END OF A THING
A WISE MAN MAD;
AND A GIFT DESTROYETH THE HEART.
BETTER IS THE END OF A THING
THAN THE BEGINNING THEREOF:
AND THE PATIENT IN SPIRIT IS BETTER
THAN THE PROUD IN SPIRIT.
BE NOT HASTY IN THY SPIRIT TO BE ANGRY:
FOR ANGER RESTETH IN THE BOSOM OF FOOLS.
SAY NOT THOU, WHAT IS THE CAUSE THAT
THE FORMER DAYS WERE BETTER THAN THESE?
FOR THOU DOST NOT ENQUIRE WISELY
AND THE PATIENT IN SPIRIT IS BETTER
THAN THE PROUD IN SPIRIT.
BE NOT HASTY IN THY SPIRIT TO BE ANGRY:
FOR ANGER RESTETH IN THE BOSOM OF FOOLS.
SAY NOT THOU, WHAT IS THE CAUSE THAT
THE FORMER DAYS WERE BETTER THAN THESE?
FOR THOU DOST NOT ENQUIRE WISELY
CONCERNING THIS.
WISDOM IS GOOD WITH AN INHERITANCE:
AND BY IT
THERE IS PROFIT TO THEM THAT SEE THE SUN.
FOR WISDOM IS A DEFENCE,
AND MONEY IS A DEFENCE:
BUT THE EXCELLENCY OF KNOWLEDGE IS,
THAT WISDOM GIVETH LIFE
TO THEM THAT HAVE IT.
CONSIDER THE WORK OF GOD:
FOR WHO CAN MAKE
THAT STRAIGHT,
WHICH HE HATH MADE CROOKED?
IN THE DAY OF PROSPERITY BE JOYFUL,
BUT IN THE DAY OF ADVERSITY CONSIDER:
GOD ALSO HATH SET
THE ONE OVER AGAINST THE OTHER,
TO THE END
THAT MAN SHOULD FIND
NOTHING AFTER HIM.
WISDOM IS GOOD WITH AN INHERITANCE:
AND BY IT
THERE IS PROFIT TO THEM THAT SEE THE SUN.
FOR WISDOM IS A DEFENCE,
AND MONEY IS A DEFENCE:
BUT THE EXCELLENCY OF KNOWLEDGE IS,
THAT WISDOM GIVETH LIFE
TO THEM THAT HAVE IT.
CONSIDER THE WORK OF GOD:
FOR WHO CAN MAKE
THAT STRAIGHT,
WHICH HE HATH MADE CROOKED?
IN THE DAY OF PROSPERITY BE JOYFUL,
BUT IN THE DAY OF ADVERSITY CONSIDER:
GOD ALSO HATH SET
THE ONE OVER AGAINST THE OTHER,
TO THE END
THAT MAN SHOULD FIND
NOTHING AFTER HIM.
LOVE
OUR FATHER'S LOVE IS IN THE STORMS AND THE RAINBOWS.

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