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Ecclesiastes 7:8
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Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
The ende of a thing is better then the beginning thereof, and the pacient in spirit is better then the proude in spirit.
The end of a matter is better than its beginning;a patient spirit is better than a proud spirit.
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
It is better to finish something than to start it. It is better to be gentle and patient than to be proud and impatient.
The end of a matter is better than its beginning; Patience of spirit is better than haughtiness of spirit (pride).
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Something completed is better than something just begun; patience is better than too much pride.
The end of something is better than its beginning, so the patient are better than the proud.
Better 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 ende of a thing then the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better then the proude in spirit.
for oppression makes a wise man mad, and destroys his noble heart.
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
The end of a matter is better than its beginning; better to be slow to anger than hot-headed.
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
It is better to finish something than to start it. It is better to be patient than to be proud.
The end of a matter is better than its beginning; likewise, patience is better than pride.
Finishing is better than starting. Patience is better than pride.
The end of something is better than its beginning. Not giving up in spirit is better than being proud in spirit.
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; the patient in spirit are better than the proud in spirit.
Better the latter end of a thing, than the beginning thereof, - Better a patient spirit, than a haughty spirit.
(7-9) Better is the end of a speech than the beginning. Better is the patient man than the presumptuous.
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; and the patient man in humbleness is better than the proud in spirit.
The end of something is better than its beginning. Patience is better than pride.
The end of a matter is better than its beginning; Patience of spirit is better than arrogance of spirit.
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Better is it to consider the ende of a thing then the beginning: The pacient of spirite, is better then the hye minded.
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; better is a patient spirit than a proud spirit.
Forsothe the ende of preyer is betere than the bigynnyng. A pacient man is betere than a proud man.
Better [is] the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better [is] the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit.
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Better 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: [and] the patient in spirit [is] better than the proud in spirit.
The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.
The ende of a thinge is better then the begynnynge. The pacient of sprete is better then the hie mynded.
Endings are better than beginnings. Sticking to it is better than standing out.
The end of a matter is better than its beginning; Patience of spirit is better than haughtiness of spirit.
Better is the end of a matter than its beginning;Better is patience of spirit than haughtiness of spirit.
Contextual Overview
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Better: Psalms 126:5, Psalms 126:6, Isaiah 10:24, Isaiah 10:25, Isaiah 10:28-34, Luke 16:25, James 5:11, 1 Peter 1:13
the patient: Proverbs 13:10, Proverbs 14:29, Proverbs 15:18, Proverbs 16:32, Proverbs 28:25, Luke 21:19, Romans 2:7, Romans 2:8, Hebrews 10:36, James 5:8, 1 Peter 2:20, 1 Peter 2:21, 1 Peter 5:5, 1 Peter 5:6
Reciprocal: Genesis 42:36 - all these things are against me 1 Kings 12:14 - My father made 1 Kings 21:4 - And he laid him 2 Chronicles 10:14 - My father Job 42:12 - So Proverbs 17:14 - leave Proverbs 21:24 - haughty 1 Corinthians 13:4 - vaunteth not itself 1 Timothy 3:3 - patient James 1:19 - slow to wrath
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Better [is] the end of a thing than the beginning thereof,.... If the thing is good, other ways the end of it is worse; as the end of wickedness and wicked men, whose beginning is sweet, but the end bitter; yea, are the ways of death, Proverbs 5:4; and so the end of carnal professors and apostates, who begin in the Spirit, and end in the flesh, Galatians 3:3; but the end of good things, and of good men, is better than the beginning; as the end of Job was, both with respect to things temporal and spiritual, Job 8:7; see
Psalms 37:37;
[and] the patient in spirit [is] better than the proud in spirit; patience is a fruit of the Spirit of God; and is of great use in the Christian's life, and especially in bearing afflictions, and tends to make men more humble, meek, and quiet; and such are highly esteemed of God; on them he looks, with them he dwells, and to them he gives more grace; when such who are proud, and elated with themselves, their riches or righteousness, are abominable to him; see Luke 16:15.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Better - Inasmuch as something certain is attained, man contemplates the end throughout an entire course of action, and does not rest upon the beginning.
Patient ... proud - literally, “Long,” long-suffering ...“high,” in the sense of impatient.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ecclesiastes 7:8. Better is the end — We can then judge of the whole, and especially if the matter relate to the conduct of Divine Providence. At the beginning we are often apt to make very rash conjectures, and often suppose that such and such things are against us; and that every thing is going wrong. Dr. Byrom gives good advice on such a subject: -
"With patient mind thy course of duty run:
God nothing does, nor suffers to be done,
But thou wouldst do thyself, couldst thou but see
The end of all events, as well as HE."
I may add, in the words of our paraphrast: -
"Wait the result, nor ask with frantic rage
Why God permits such things. His ways, though now
Involved in clouds and darkness, will appear
All right, when from thine eyes the mist is cleared.
Till then, to learn submission to his will
More wisdom shows, than vainly thus to attempt
Exploring what thou canst not comprehend,
And God for wisest ends thinks fit to hide."
C.
