Citește Biblia KJ Ecclesiastes capitolul 7
1. A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
Prov 15.30The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat. ;
Prov 22.1A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. ;
2. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
3. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
2Cor 7.10For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. ;
4. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5. It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ps 141.5Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. ;
Prov 13.18Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. ;
Prov 15.31-32The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. ;
6. For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
Ps 118.12They compassed me about like bees: they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. ;
Ecl 2.2I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? ;
7. Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Ex 23.8And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. ;
Deut 16.19Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. ;
8. Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Prov 14.29He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. ;
9. Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Prov 14.17He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated. ;
Prov 16.32He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. ;
Iac 1.19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: ;
10. Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
meniu prim"Prietenia se naște în clipa în care o persoană îi spune alteia: “Ce, și tu? Credeam ca eu sunt singurul.”"
~ C. S. Lewis ~