Ecclesiastes 7:10

Be thou not swift to be wrooth; for ire restith in the bosum of a fool.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.

In Context

9Forsothe the ende of preyer is betere than the bigynnyng. A pacient man is betere than a proud man.

11Seie thou not, What gessist thou is of cause, that the formere tymes weren betere than ben now? for whi siche axyng is fonned.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:11Forsothe the erthe was corrupt bifore God, and was fillid with wickidnes.

Psalms 14:2He that entrith with out wem; and worchith riytfulnesse.

Jeremiah 44:17but we doynge schulen do ech word that schal go out of oure mouth, that we make sacrifice to the queen of heuene, and that we offre to it moist sacrifices, as we diden, and oure fadris, oure kingis, and oure princes, in the citees of Juda, and in the stretis of Jerusalem; and we weren fillid with looues, and it was wel to vs, and we sien noon yuel.

Romans 3:9What thanne? Passen we hem? Nay; for we han schewid bi skile, that alle bothe Jewis and Grekis ben vndur synne,

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