Ecclesiastes 7:8

WEB

⁸Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

KJV

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

BSB

⁸The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.

FBV

⁸Completing something is better than starting it. Being patient is better than being proud.

Extra References

Hebrews 10:36

³⁶For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

Psalms 126:5-6

⁵Those who sow in tears will reap in joy. ⁶He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will certainly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves.

Proverbs 14:29

²⁹He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

1 Peter 1:13

¹³Therefore prepare your minds for action.^[+] Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

James 5:11

¹¹Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

James 5:8

⁸You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

Proverbs 15:18

¹⁸A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

Luke 21:19

¹⁹“By your endurance you will win your lives.

Proverbs 16:32

³²One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

Galatians 5:22

²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,