Ecclesiastes 7:14
In a day of prosperity be in gladness, And in a day of evil consider. Also this over-against that hath God made, To the intent that man doth not find anything after him.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
13See the work of God, For who is able to make straight that which He made crooked?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:47'Because that thou hast not served Jehovah thy God with joy, and with gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things —
1 Kings 17:17And it cometh to pass, after these things, the son of the woman, mistress of the house, hath been sick, and his sickness is very severe till that no breath hath been left in him.
Job 2:10And he saith unto her, 'As one of the foolish women speaketh, thou speakest; yea, the good we receive from God, and the evil we do not receive.' In all this Job hath not sinned with his lips.
Psalms 30:11Thou hast turned my mourning to dancing for me, Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, And girdest me [with] joy.
Psalms 94:12O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,
Ecclesiastes 3:4A time to weep, And a time to laugh. A time to mourn, And a time to skip.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:12-23
The Advantages of Wisdom. 11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. 12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. 13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? 14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.… Read the whole commentary →