Ecclesiastes 7:8-10

Tree of Life Version

⁸ Better the end of a matter than its beginning.
Better a patient spirit than a proud one.
⁹ Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit,^[a]
    for anger settles in the bosom of fools.
¹⁰ Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?”
    For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this.