Ecclesiastes 7:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.

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  • Prov 14:29 : 29 He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.
  • Heb 10:36 : 36 For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.
  • Jas 5:8 : 8 Be as calm in your waiting; let your hearts be strong: because the coming of the Lord is near.
  • 1 Pet 1:13 : 13 So make your minds ready, and keep on the watch, hoping with all your power for the grace which is to come to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
  • Luke 21:19 : 19 By going through all these things, you will keep your lives.
  • Rom 2:7-8 : 7 To those who go on with good works in the hope of glory and honour and salvation from death, he will give eternal life: 8 But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath,
  • Prov 16:32 : 32 He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.
  • Prov 28:25 : 25 He who is ever desiring profit is a cause of fighting; but he who puts his faith in the Lord will be made fat.
  • Isa 10:24-25 : 24 For this cause the Lord, the Lord of armies, says, O my people living in Zion, have no fear of the Assyrian, even if his rod comes on your back, and his stick is lifted up as in Egypt. 25 For in a very short time my passion will be over, and my wrath will be turned to their destruction.
  • Isa 10:28-34 : 28 He has gone up from Pene-Rimmon, he has come to Aiath; he has gone past Migron, at Michmash he puts his forces in order. 29 They have gone across the mountain; Geba will be our resting-place tonight, they say: Ramah is shaking with fear; Gibeah of Saul has gone in flight. 30 Give a loud cry, daughter of Gallim; let Laishah give ear; let Anathoth give answer to her. 31 Madmenah has gone; the men of Gebim are putting their goods in a safe place. 32 This very day he is stopping at Nob; he is shaking his hand against the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. 33 See, the Lord, the Lord of armies, is cutting off his branches with a great noise, and his strong ones are falling and his high ones are coming down. 34 And he is cutting down the thick places of the wood with an axe, and Lebanon with its tall trees is coming down.
  • Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.
  • Prov 15:18 : 18 An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.
  • Ps 126:5-6 : 5 Those who put in seed with weeping will get in the grain with cries of joy. 6 Though a man may go out weeping, taking his vessel of seed with him; he will come again in joy, with the corded stems of grain in his arms.
  • Prov 13:10 : 10 The only effect of pride is fighting; but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.
  • Gal 5:22 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,
  • Eph 4:2 : 2 With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;
  • 1 Pet 2:20-21 : 20 What credit is it if, when you have done evil, you take your punishment quietly? but if you are given punishment for doing right, and take it quietly, this is pleasing to God. 21 This is God's purpose for you: because Jesus himself underwent punishment for you, giving you an example, so that you might go in his footsteps:
  • 1 Pet 5:5-6 : 5 And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low. 6 For this cause make yourselves low under the strong hand of God, so that when the time comes you may be lifted up;
  • Jas 5:11 : 11 We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 7:9-11
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    9 Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.

    10 Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.

    11 Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.

  • Prov 14:29
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    29 He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.

  • Eccl 7:1-5
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    1 A good name is better than oil of great price, and the day of death than the day of birth.

    2 It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.

    3 Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.

    4 The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.

    5 It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.

  • Prov 16:32
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    32 He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.

  • Prov 16:18-19
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    18 Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.

    19 Better it is to have a gentle spirit with the poor, than to take part in the rewards of war with men of pride.

  • Eccl 7:13-15
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    13 Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?

    14 In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.

    15 These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.

  • Eccl 4:6
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    6 One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.

  • Eccl 7:7
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    7 The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.

  • Eccl 6:9
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    9 What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

  • Eccl 4:3
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    3 Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

  • Prov 15:16
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    16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.

  • Prov 16:8
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    8 Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.

  • Prov 20:21
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    21 A heritage may be got quickly at first, but the end of it will not be a blessing.

  • Jas 5:11
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    11 We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.

  • Job 8:7
    67%

    7 And though your start was small, your end will be very great.

  • Prov 17:27
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    27 He who has knowledge says little: and he who has a calm spirit is a man of good sense.

  • Prov 14:13
    67%

    13 Even while laughing the heart may be sad; and after joy comes sorrow.

  • Eccl 10:13
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    13 The first words of his mouth are foolish, and the end of his talk is evil crime.

  • Prov 18:14
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    14 The spirit of a man will be his support when he is ill; but how may a broken spirit be lifted up?

  • Eccl 4:16
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    16 There was no end of all the people, of all those whose head he was, but they who come later will have no delight in him. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

  • Ps 37:7-8
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    7 Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.

    8 Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.

  • Eccl 4:13
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    13 A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.

  • Prov 25:7-8
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    7 For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.

    8 Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?

  • Jas 1:3-4
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    3 Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;

    4 But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.

  • Ps 118:8
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    8 It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in man.

  • Prov 14:17
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    17 He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.

  • 1 Pet 4:7
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    7 But the end of all things is near: so be serious in your behaviour and keep on the watch with prayer;

  • Prov 28:6
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    6 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.

  • Prov 19:20
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    20 Let your ear be open to suggestion and take teaching, so that at the end you may be wise.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16 The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

  • Prov 18:12
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    12 Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.

  • Prov 13:10
    65%

    10 The only effect of pride is fighting; but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.

  • Eccl 9:17
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    17 The words of the wise which come quietly to the ear are noted more than the cry of a ruler among the foolish.

  • Prov 17:1
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    1 Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour.

  • Prov 17:22
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    22 A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.

  • Eccl 10:4
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    4 If the wrath of the ruler is against you, keep in your place; in him who keeps quiet even great sins may be overlooked.

  • Eccl 7:18
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    18 It is good to take this in your hand and not to keep your hand from that; he who has the fear of God will be free of the two.