Ecclesiastes 7:10
Do not say, “What was it, || That the former days were better than these?” For you have not asked wisely of this.
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In Context
9Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry, || For anger in the bosom of fools rests.
11Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance, || And an advantage [it is] to those beholding the sun.
Cross References
Genesis 6:11And the earth is corrupt before God, and the earth is filled [with] violence.
Psalms 14:2YHWH has looked from the heavens on the sons of men, || To see if there is a wise one—seeking God.
Jeremiah 44:17for we certainly do everything that has gone out of our mouth, to make incense to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our heads, in cities of Judah, and in streets of Jerusalem, and—we are satisfied with bread, and we are well, and we have not seen calamity.
Romans 3:9What, then? Are we better? Not at all! For we charged before both Jews and Greeks with being all under 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 →