Ecclesiastes 7:8

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

Ecclesiastes 7:8 · King James Version

In other versions

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; `and' the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
ASV
The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.
BBE
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; better is a patient spirit than a proud spirit.
DBY
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
WEB
Better `is' the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better `is' the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit.
YLT
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
ENG
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
WBT
The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
BSB

⁶For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

⁷Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

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

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

¹⁰Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.