Ecclesiastes 7:8-10

Revised Geneva Translation

⁸ For like the noise of the thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

⁹ Surely oppression makes a wise man mad. And the reward destroys the heart.

¹⁰ The end of a thing is better than its beginning. To be patient in spirit is better than to be proud in spirit.