Red-Letter King James Bible 1769 Edition (KJV)

Ecclesiastes 7

1 Remedies against vanity are, a good name, 2 mortification, 7 patience, 11 wisdom. 23 The difficulty of wisdom.

 7:1 ¶ A good name 8034 [is] better 2896 than precious 2896 ointment; 8081 x4480 and the day 3117 of death 4194 than the day 3117 x4480 of one's birth. 3205 z8736

 7:2 ¶ [It is] better 2896 to go y3212 z8800 x1980 to x413 the house 1004 of mourning, 60 than to go y3212 z8800 x4480 x1980 to x413 the house 1004 of feasting: 4960 for 834 that x1931 [is] the end 5490 of all x3605 men; 120 and the living 2416 will lay 5414 z8799 [it] to x413 his heart. 3820

 7:3 Sorrow 3708 [is] better 2896 than laughter: 7814 x4480 for x3588 by the sadness 7455 of the countenance 6440 the heart 3820 is made better. 3190 z8799

 7:4 The heart 3820 of the wise 2450 [is] in the house 1004 of mourning; 60 but the heart 3820 of fools 3684 [is] in the house 1004 of mirth. 8057

 7:5 [It is] better 2896 to hear 8085 z8800 the rebuke 1606 of the wise, 2450 than for a man 376 x4480 to hear 8085 z8802 the song 7892 of fools. 3684

 7:6 For x3588 as the crackling 6963 of thorns 5518 under x8478 a pot, 5518 so x3651 [is] the laughter 7814 of the fool: 3684 this x2088 also x1571 [is] vanity. 1892

 7:7 ¶ Surely x3588 oppression 6233 maketh a wise man 2450 mad; 1984 z8779 and a gift 4979 destroyeth 6 z8762 x853 the heart. 3820

 7:8 Better 2896 [is] the end 319 of a thing 1697 than the beginning 7225 x4480 thereof: [and] the patient 750 in spirit 7307 [is] better 2896 than the proud 1362 x4480 in spirit. 7307

 7:9 Be not x408 hasty 926 z8762 in thy spirit 7307 to be angry: 3707 z8800 for x3588 anger 3708 resteth 5117 z8799 in the bosom 2436 of fools. 3684

 7:10 Say 559 z8799 not x408 thou, What x4100 is x1961 [the cause] that the former y7223 days 3117 x7945 x7223 were x1961 better 2896 than these? x4480 x428 for x3588 thou dost not x3808 enquire 7592 z8804 wisely 2451 x4480 concerning x5921 this. x2088

 7:11 ¶ Wisdom 2451 [is] good 2896 with x5973 an inheritance: 5159 and [by it there is] profit 3148 to them that see 7200 z8802 the sun. 8121

 7:12 For x3588 wisdom 2451 [is] a defence, 6738 [and] money 3701 [is] a defence: 6738 but the excellency 3504 of knowledge 1847 [is, that] wisdom 2451 giveth life 2421 z8762 to them that have 1167 it.

 7:13 Consider 7200 z8798 x853 the work 4639 of God: 430 for x3588 who x4310 can 3201 z8799 make [that] straight, 8626 z8763 x853 which x834 he hath made crooked? 5791 z8765

 7:14 In the day 3117 of prosperity 2896 be x1961 joyful, 2896 but in the day 3117 of adversity 7451 consider: 7200 z8798 God 430 also x1571 hath set 6213 z8804 x853 the one x2088 over against 5980 the other, x2088 to x5921 the end 1700 that man 120 should find 4672 z8799 nothing 3972 x7945 x3808 after 310 him.

 7:15 x853 All x3605 [things] have I seen 7200 z8804 in the days 3117 of my vanity: 1892 there is 3426 a just 6662 [man] that perisheth 6 z8802 in his righteousness, 6664 and there is x3426 a wicked 7563 [man] that prolongeth 748 z8688 [his life] in his wickedness. 7451

 7:16 Be x1961 not x408 righteous 6662 over much; 7235 z8687 neither x408 make thyself over y3148 wise: 2449 z8691 x3148 why x4100 shouldest thou destroy y8074 z8709 thyself? x8074

 7:17 Be not x408 over much 7235 z8687 wicked, 7561 z8799 neither x408 be x1961 thou foolish: 5530 why x4100 shouldest thou die 4191 z8799 before x3808 thy time? 6256

 7:18 [It is] good 2896 that x834 thou shouldest take hold 270 z8799 of this; x2088 yea, also x1571 from this 2088 x4480 withdraw y3240 z8686 x5117 not x408 x853 thine hand: 3027 for x3588 he that feareth 3373 God 430 shall come forth 3318 z8799 x853 of them all. x3605

 7:19 Wisdom 2451 strengtheneth 5810 z8799 the wise 2450 more than ten 6235 x4480 mighty 7989 [men] which x834 are x1961 in the city. 5892

 7:20 For x3588 [there is] not x369 a just 6662 man 120 upon earth, 776 that x834 doeth 6213 z8799 good, 2896 and sinneth 2398 z8799 not. x3808

 7:21 Also x1571 take 5414 z8799 no x408 heed 3820 unto all x3605 words 1697 that x834 are spoken; 1696 z8762 lest x834 x3808 thou hear 8085 z8799 x853 thy servant 5650 curse 7043 z8764 thee:

 7:22 For x3588 oftentimes 6471 7227 also x1571 thine own heart 3820 knoweth 3045 z8804 that x834 thou thyself x859 likewise x1571 hast cursed 7043 z8765 others. 312

 7:23 ¶ All x3605 this 2090 have I proved 5254 z8765 by wisdom: 2451 I said, 559 z8804 I will be wise; 2449 z8799 but it x1931 [was] far 7350 from x4480 me.

 7:24 That which is x4100 x7945 x1961 far off, 7350 and exceeding deep, 6013 who x4310 can find it out? 4672 z8799

 7:25 I x589 applied 5437 z8804 mine heart 3820 to know, 3045 z8800 and to search, 8446 z8800 and to seek out 1245 z8763 wisdom, 2451 and the reason 2808 [of things], and to know 3045 z8800 the wickedness 7562 of folly, 3689 even of foolishness 5531 [and] madness: 1947

 7:26 And I x589 find 4672 z8802 more bitter 4751 than death 4194 x4480 x853 the woman, 802 whose x834 x1931 heart 3820 [is] snares 4685 and nets, 2764 [and] her hands 3027 [as] bands: 612 whoso pleaseth 2896 6440 God 430 shall escape 4422 z8735 from x4480 her; but the sinner 2398 z8802 shall be taken 3920 z8735 by her.

 7:27 Behold, 7200 z8798 this x2088 have I found, 4672 z8804 saith 559 z8804 the preacher, 6953 [counting] one 259 by one, 259 to find out 4672 z8800 the account: 2808

 7:28 Which x834 yet x5750 my soul 5315 seeketh, 1245 z8765 but I find 4672 z8804 not: x3808 one 259 man 120 among a thousand 505 x4480 have I found; 4672 z8804 but a woman 802 among all x3605 those x428 have I not x3808 found. 4672 z8804

 7:29 Lo, 7200 z8798 this x2088 only 905 have I found, 4672 z8804 that x834 God 430 hath made 6213 z8804 x853 man 120 upright; 3477 but they x1992 have sought out 1245 z8765 many 7227 inventions. 2810