Ecclesiastes 7:10
Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.
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In Context
9Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.
11Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.
Cross References
Genesis 6:11And the earth was evil in God's eyes and full of violent ways.
Psalms 14:2The Lord was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.
Jeremiah 44:17But we will certainly do every word which has gone out of our mouths, burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her as we did, we and our fathers and our kings and our rulers, in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then we had food enough and did well and saw no evil.
Romans 3:9What then? are we worse off than they? In no way: because we have before made it clear that Jews as well as Greeks are all under the power of sin;
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:8-11
Scenes of Mourning and of Joy. 7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. 8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. 10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. Solomon had often complained before of the oppressions which he saw under the… Read the whole commentary →