Ecclesiastes 7:8

Webster's Bible (1833)

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

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  • Prov 14:29 : 29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who has a quick temper displays folly.
  • Heb 10:36 : 36 For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
  • Jas 5:8 : 8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
  • 1 Pet 1:13 : 13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action,{Literally, "gird up the loins of your mind"} be sober and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ--
  • Luke 21:19 : 19 By your endurance you will win your lives.
  • Rom 2:7-8 : 7 to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruptibility, eternal life; 8 but to those who are self-seeking, and don't obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath and indignation,
  • Prov 16:32 : 32 One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; One who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
  • Prov 28:25 : 25 One who is greedy stirs up strife; But one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.
  • Isa 10:24-25 : 24 Therefore thus says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, my people who dwell in Zion, don't be afraid of the Assyrian, though he strike you with the rod, and lift up his staff against you, after the manner of Egypt. 25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation [against you] shall be accomplished, and my anger [shall be directed] to his destruction.
  • Isa 10:28-34 : 28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed through Migron; at Michmash he lays up his baggage; 29 they are gone over the pass; they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul is fled. 30 Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! listen, Laishah! You poor Anathoth! 31 Madmenah is a fugitive; the inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety. 32 This very day shall he halt at Nob: he shakes his hand at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. 33 Behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, will lop the boughs with terror: and the high of stature shall be hewn down, and the lofty shall be brought low. 34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
  • Luke 16:25 : 25 "But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in like manner, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.
  • Prov 15:18 : 18 A wrathful man stirs up contention, But one who is slow to anger appeases strife.
  • Ps 126:5-6 : 5 Those who sow in tears will reap in joy. 6 He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, Will assuredly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves.
  • Prov 13:10 : 10 Pride only breeds quarrels, But with ones who take advice is wisdom.
  • Gal 5:22 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  • Eph 4:2 : 2 with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;
  • 1 Pet 2:20-21 : 20 For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if, when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God. 21 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you{TR reads "us" instead of "you"} an example, that you should follow his steps,
  • 1 Pet 5:5-6 : 5 Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble." 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;
  • Jas 5:11 : 11 Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 7:9-11
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    9Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

    10Don't say, "Why were the former days better than these?" For you do not ask wisely about this.

    11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.

  • Prov 14:29
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    29He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who has a quick temper displays folly.

  • Eccl 7:1-5
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    1A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one's birth.

    2It 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 should take this to heart.

    3Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

    5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

  • Prov 16:32
    72%

    32One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; One who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

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

    19It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the plunder with the proud.

  • Eccl 7:13-15
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    13Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?

    14In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.

    15All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evil-doing.

  • Eccl 4:6
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    6Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

  • Eccl 7:7
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    7Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.

  • Eccl 6:9
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    9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

  • Eccl 4:3
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    3Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

  • Prov 19:1
    68%

    1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

  • Prov 15:16
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    16Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, Than great treasure with trouble.

  • Prov 16:8
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    8Better is a little with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.

  • Prov 20:21
    67%

    21An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, Won't be blessed in the end.

  • Jas 5:11
    67%

    11Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

  • Job 8:7
    67%

    7Though your beginning was small, Yet your latter end would greatly increase.

  • Prov 17:27
    67%

    27He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

  • Prov 14:13
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    13Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, And mirth may end in heaviness.

  • Eccl 10:13
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    13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

  • Prov 18:14
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    14A man's spirit will sustain him in sickness, But a crushed spirit, who can bear?

  • Eccl 4:16
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    16There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was--yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

  • Ps 37:7-8
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    7Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don't fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

    8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don't fret, it leads only to evildoing.

  • Eccl 4:13
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    13Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn't know how to receive admonition any more.

  • Prov 25:7-8
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    7For it is better that it be said to you, "Come up here," Than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, Whom your eyes have seen.

    8Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

  • Jas 1:3-4
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    3knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

    4Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

  • Ps 118:8
    66%

    8It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, Than to put confidence in man.

  • Prov 14:17
    66%

    17He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, And a crafty man is hated.

  • 1 Pet 4:7
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    7But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

  • Prov 28:6
    66%

    6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, Than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

  • Prov 19:20
    66%

    20Listen to counsel and receive instruction, That you may be wise in your latter end.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16Better is a little that the righteous has, Than the abundance of many wicked.

  • Prov 18:12
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    12Before destruction the heart of man is proud, But before honor is humility.

  • Prov 13:10
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    10Pride only breeds quarrels, But with ones who take advice is wisdom.

  • Eccl 9:17
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    17The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.

  • Prov 17:1
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    1Better is a dry morsel with quietness, Than a house full of feasting with strife.

  • Prov 17:22
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    22A cheerful heart makes good medicine, But a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

  • Eccl 10:4
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    4If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don't leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.

  • Eccl 7:18
    65%

    18It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also from that don't withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will come forth from them all.