8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
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For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. …
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-10)Solomon had often complained before of the oppressions which he saw under the sun , which gave occasion for many melancholy speculations and were a great discouragement to virtue and piety. Now here, I. He grants the temptation to be strong (Eccl. 7:7): Surely it is often too true that oppression makes a wise man mad . If a wise man be much and long oppressed, he is very apt to speak and act unlik…
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