Ecclesiastes 7 - NKJV & NRSV

Do not say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For… Ecclesiastes 7:10

Do not say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not inquire wisely concerning this. Ecclesiastes 7:10	Do not say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask this. wisdom life
In the day of prosperity be joyful, But in the day of adversity consider: Surely God has appointed the one as well as the other, So that man can find out nothing that will come after him. Ecclesiastes 7:14	In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; God has made the one as well as the other, so that mortals may not find out anything that will come after them. joy life dependence

For there is not a just man on earth who does good And does not sin. Ecclesiastes 7:20	Surely there is no one on earth so righteous as to do good without ever sinning. sin righteousness world