Ecclesiastes 7:9-11

Common English Bible

⁹ Don’t be too quick to get angry
    because anger lives in the fool’s heart.
¹⁰ Don’t ask, “How is it that the former days were better than these?”
    because it isn’t wise to ask this.
¹¹ Wisdom is as good as^[a] an inheritance—
    an advantage for those who see the sun.