8The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.
9Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.
10Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.
11Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.
12Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.
13Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?
14In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.
