Bible verse
The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
Ecclesiastes 7:8 · BSB
The verses around it, from Ecclesiastes 7.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.
5 It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
6 For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
7 Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
8 The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
9 Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
10 Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.
11 Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.
12 For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
KJV
Better [is] the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: [and] the patient in spirit [is] better than the proud in spirit.
ASV
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
ERV
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
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