Ecclesiastes 7:8-10

21st Century King James Version

⁸ Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

⁹ Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

¹⁰ Say not thou, “Why were the former days better than these?” For thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.