The end of a matter is better than the beginning thereof: the patient is better than the high-minded.
KJV
Ecclesiastes 7:8
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Parallel Translations
for oppression makes a wise man mad, and destroys his noble heart.
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Cross References
Hebrews 10:36Psalms 126:5–6Proverbs 14:291 Peter 1:13James 5:11Proverbs 15:18James 5:8Luke 21:19Galatians 5:22Proverbs 16:32Luke 16:25Romans 2:7–8Proverbs 13:10Proverbs 28:251 Peter 2:20–21
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