Ecclesiastes 7 (NET)

Ecclesiastes 7:1¹A good reputation is better than precious perfume; likewise, the day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 14:13Prov 22:1Eccl 4:22 Cor 5:82 Cor 5:1Phil 1:21-23Prov 27:9Song 1:3Eccl 10:1Isa 56:5

Ecclesiastes 7:2²It is better to go to a funeral than a feast. For death is the destiny of every person, and the living should take this to heart.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 90:12Deut 32:29Heb 9:27Deut 32:461 Pet 4:3-4Hag 1:5Phil 3:19Amos 6:3-6Gen 48:1-22Gen 49:2-33

Ecclesiastes 7:3³Sorrow is better than laughter, because sober reflection is good for the heart.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 7:9-11Rom 5:3-4Jas 4:8-10John 16:20-222 Cor 4:17Heb 12:10-11Jas 1:2-4Jer 31:15-20Dan 10:19Jer 31:8-9

Ecclesiastes 7:4⁴The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of merrymaking.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 8:14-161 Sam 25:36Luke 7:12-131 Kgs 20:161 Sam 30:16Dan 5:1-4Dan 5:30Hos 7:5Isa 21:4Isa 53:3-4

Ecclesiastes 7:5⁵It is better for a person to receive a rebuke from those who are wise than to listen to the song of fools.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 15:31-32Ps 141:5Rev 3:19Prov 13:18Prov 17:10Prov 9:8Prov 13:13Prov 27:6Ps 69:12

Ecclesiastes 7:6⁶For like the crackling of quick-burning thorns under a cooking pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This kind of folly also is useless.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 118:12Ps 58:9Eccl 2:2Luke 6:252 Pet 2:13-17Amos 8:10Isa 65:13-15Jude 1:12-13Luke 16:25Prov 29:9

Ecclesiastes 7:7⁷Surely oppression can turn a wise person into a fool; likewise, a bribe corrupts the heart.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 16:19Exod 23:8Prov 17:231 Sam 8:3Deut 28:33-34Deut 28:65Eccl 4:1Isa 1:23Prov 17:81 Sam 12:3

Ecclesiastes 7:8⁸The end of a matter is better than its beginning; likewise, patience is better than pride.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 10:36Ps 126:5-6Prov 14:291 Pet 1:13Jas 5:11Jas 5:8Prov 15:18Gal 5:22Luke 21:19Prov 16:32

Ecclesiastes 7:9⁹Do not let yourself be quickly provoked, for anger resides in the lap of fools.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 1:19Prov 14:17Prov 16:32Eph 4:26-27Prov 26:23-261 Sam 25:21-222 Sam 13:222 Sam 19:43Esth 3:5-6Gen 34:30-31

Ecclesiastes 7:10¹⁰Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these days?” for it is not wise to ask that.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 14:2-3Gen 6:11-12Isa 50:1Judg 6:13Rom 1:22-32Jer 44:17-19Rom 3:9-19

Ecclesiastes 7:11¹¹Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing; it benefits those who see the light of day.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 11:71 Tim 6:17-19Eccl 2:13Prov 8:10-111 Kgs 3:6-9Eccl 9:15-18Luke 16:8-9

Ecclesiastes 7:12¹²For wisdom provides protection, just as money provides protection. But the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves the life of its owner.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 8:35Prov 2:7Prov 3:18John 12:50John 17:3Judg 9:15Prov 11:4Prov 18:10-11Deut 32:47Isa 32:2

Ecclesiastes 7:13¹³Consider the work of God: For who can make straight what he has bent?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 1:15Job 12:14Ps 107:43Eccl 3:11Isa 14:27Isa 5:12Eph 1:11Rom 9:15Isa 43:13Isa 46:10-11

Ecclesiastes 7:14¹⁴In times of prosperity be joyful, but in times of adversity consider this: God has made one as well as the other, so that no one can discover what the future holds.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 3:4Eccl 3:22Deut 8:3Eccl 12:13Jas 5:13Deut 28:47Isa 26:111 Kgs 17:17-182 Chr 33:12-13Jer 23:20

Ecclesiastes 7:15¹⁵During the days of my fleeting life I have seen both of these things: Sometimes a righteous person dies prematurely in spite of his righteousness, and sometimes a wicked person lives long in spite of his evil deeds.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 8:12-14Eccl 6:12Matt 23:34-35Ps 73:3-13Eccl 9:1-21 Kgs 21:131 Sam 22:18-192 Chr 24:21-22Acts 7:52Eccl 2:23

Ecclesiastes 7:16¹⁶So do not be excessively righteous or excessively wise; otherwise you might be disappointed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 12:3Prov 25:16Col 2:181 Cor 3:18Jas 3:13-17Matt 6:1-7Eccl 12:12Gen 3:6Col 2:23Luke 18:12

Ecclesiastes 7:17¹⁷Do not be excessively wicked and do not be a fool; otherwise you might die before your time.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 10:27Job 22:16Ps 55:23Acts 12:23Acts 5:10Acts 5:51 Sam 25:38Gen 38:7-10Job 15:32-33Jas 1:21

Ecclesiastes 7:18¹⁸It is best to take hold of one warning without letting go of the other warning; for the one who fears God will follow both warnings.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 12:13Mal 4:2Eccl 11:6Eccl 8:12Luke 1:50Luke 11:42Eccl 3:14Jer 32:40Prov 4:25-27Prov 8:20

Ecclesiastes 7:19¹⁹Wisdom gives a wise person more protection than ten rulers in a city.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 1:9-11Prov 21:22Eccl 9:13-18Prov 24:52 Sam 20:16-22

Ecclesiastes 7:20²⁰For there is not one truly righteous person on the earth who continually does good and never sins.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 3:23Isa 53:61 John 1:8-10Jas 3:21 Kgs 8:46Prov 20:9Job 15:14-162 Chr 6:36Isa 64:6Ps 143:2

Ecclesiastes 7:21²¹Also, do not pay attention to everything that people say; otherwise, you might even hear your servant cursing you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 30:10Isa 29:212 Sam 16:101 Cor 13:5-72 Sam 19:19

Ecclesiastes 7:22²²For you know in your own heart that you also have cursed others many times.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 3:91 Kgs 2:44John 8:7-9Matt 15:19Matt 18:32-35

Ecclesiastes 7:23²³I have examined all this by wisdom; I said, “I am determined to comprehend this” —but it was beyond my grasp.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 1:221 Cor 1:20Gen 3:51 Kgs 11:1-81 Kgs 3:11-12

Ecclesiastes 7:24²⁴Whatever has happened is beyond human understanding; it is far deeper than anyone can fathom.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 11:331 Tim 6:16Isa 55:8-9Job 28:28Ps 139:6Job 11:7-8Job 28:12-23Ps 36:6Deut 30:11-14

Ecclesiastes 7:25²⁵I tried to understand, examine, and comprehend the role of wisdom in the scheme of things, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the insanity of folly.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 10:13Josh 7:132 Pet 2:3-92 Pet 3:3-92 Sam 13:12Eccl 1:13-17Eccl 2:1-3Eccl 2:12Eccl 2:15Eccl 2:20

Ecclesiastes 7:26²⁶I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare; her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 22:14Prov 5:3-5Prov 2:16Eccl 2:26Prov 2:18-19Prov 23:27-28Prov 7:21-27Judg 16:18-21Prov 9:18

Ecclesiastes 7:27²⁷The Teacher says: I discovered this while trying to discover the scheme of things, item by item.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 12:8-10Eccl 1:1-2

Ecclesiastes 7:28²⁸What I have continually sought, I have not found; I have found only one upright man among a thousand, but I have not found one upright woman among all of them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 33:23Ps 12:11 Kgs 11:1-3Eccl 7:23-24Isa 26:9

Ecclesiastes 7:29²⁹This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright, but they have sought many evil schemes.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 4:22Gen 6:11-12Mark 7:8-9Gen 5:1Titus 3:3Eph 2:2-3Gen 1:26-27Gen 3:6-7Gen 6:5-6Jer 2:12-13