rsv Ecclesiastes:7:7-10
rsv@Ecclesiastes:7:7 @ Surely oppression makes the wise man foolish, and a bribe corrupts the mind.
rsv@Ecclesiastes:7:8 @ Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
rsv@Ecclesiastes:7:9 @ Be not quick to anger, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.
rsv@Ecclesiastes:7:10 @ Say not, "Why were the former days better than these?" For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.