Ecclesiastes 7:8

Fals chalenge disturblith a wijs man, and it schal leese the strengthe of his herte.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

In Context

7for as the sown of thornes brennynge vndur a pot, so is the leiyyng of a fool. But also this is vanyte.

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

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Cross References

Proverbs 13:10Stryues ben euere a mong proude men; but thei that don alle thingis with counsel, ben gouerned bi wisdom.

Proverbs 15:18A wrathful man reisith chidyngis; he that is pacient, swagith chidyngis reisid.

Proverbs 28:25He that auauntith hym silf, and alargith, reisith stryues; but he that hopith in the Lord, schal be sauyd.

Isaiah 10:28He schal come in to Aioth, he schal passe in to Magron, at Magynas he schal bitake his vessels to kepyng.

Luke 21:19in youre pacience ye schulen welde youre soulis.

Galatians 5:22But the fruyt of the spirit is charite, ioye, pees, pacience, long abidyng,

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