CHAPTER EXPLORER
Ecclesiastes 7
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29 verses in KJV · 382 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of Ecclesiastes 7 (KJV)
7:1 A good name [is] better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
7:2 [It is] better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that [is] the end of all men; and the living will lay [it] to his heart.
7:3 Sorrow [is] better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Historical / attribution context
Traditional writer attribution: Solomon
Approximate study chronology: c. 977 BC
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