Ecclesiastes 7:8

⁶For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

⁷Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.

⁸Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

⁹Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

¹⁰Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.