Ecclesiastes 7:8

Ecclesiastes 7:8
The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.

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1 Kings 20:11
And the king of Israel said in answer, Say to him, The time for loud talk is not when a man is putting on his arms, but when he is taking them off.

Proverbs 15:18
An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.

Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 16:32
He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.

James 3:14
But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.

James 3:15
This wisdom is not from heaven, but is of the earth and the flesh and the Evil One.

James 3:16
For where envy is, and the desire to get the better of others, there is no order, but every sort of evil-doing.

James 3:17
But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.

James 3:18
And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace for those who make peace.

James 4:1
What is the cause of wars and fighting among you? is it not in your desires which are at war in your bodies?

James 4:2
You are burning with desire, and have not your desire, so you put men to death; you are full of envy, and you are not able to get your desire, so you are fighting and making war; you have not your desire, because you do not make request for it.

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Job 8:7
And though your start was small, your end will be very great.

Job 42:12
And the Lord's blessing was greater on the end of Job's life than on its start: and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep and goats, and six thousand camels, and two thousand oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

Proverbs 5:4
But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword;

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Ecclesiastes 7:1
A good name is better than oil of great price, and the day of death than the day of birth.

Ecclesiastes 7:2
It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.

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Ecclesiastes 7:14
In 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.

Ecclesiastes 8:1
Who is like the wise man? and to whom is the sense of anything clear? A man's wisdom makes his face shining, and his hard face will be changed.

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Romans 12:12
Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,

Titus 2:2
That old men are to be simple in their tastes, serious, wise, true in faith, in love, and of a quiet mind.

James 1:4
But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.

James 5:8
Be as calm in your waiting; let your hearts be strong: because the coming of the Lord is near.

1 Peter 1:13
So make your minds ready, and keep on the watch, hoping with all your power for the grace which is to come to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

2 Peter 1:6
And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,

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