Ecclesiastes 7:10
Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.
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In Context
9Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
Cross References
Genesis 6:11The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
Psalms 14:2The LORD looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who understood, who sought after God.
Jeremiah 44:17But we will certainly perform every word that has gone out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the sky and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.
Romans 3:9What then? Are we better than they? No, in no way. For we previously warned both Jews and Greeks that they are 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 →