- Proverbs 8:17-18
I love those who love me,
And those who seek me diligently will find me.
Riches and honor are with me,
Enduring riches and righteousness.
- Ecclesiastes 7:8-9
The end of a thing is better than its beginning;
The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry,
For anger rests in the bosom of fools.
- Ecclesiastes 7:11-12
Wisdom is good with an inheritance,
And profitable to those who see the sun.
For wisdom is a defense as money is a defense,
But the excellence of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to those who have it.
- Ecclesiastes 7:21-22
Also do not take to heart everything people say,
Lest you hear your servant cursing you.
For many times, also, your own heart has known
That even you have cursed others.
Related Scriptures
- James 1:4
But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
- Ecclesiastes 1:13
And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven; this burdensome task God has given to the sons of man, by which they may be exercised.
- Deuteronomy 4:1
'Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I teach you to observe, that you may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 6:1-2
'Now this is the commandment, and these are the statutes and judgments which the LORD your God has commanded to teach you, that you may observe them in the land which you are crossing over to possess, that you may fear the LORD your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged.
- Proverbs 14:17
A quick-tempered man acts foolishly,
And a man of wicked intentions is hated.
- Proverbs 22:1
A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
Loving favor rather than silver and gold.