Do not say, "Why were the old days better than these?" For it is unwise of you to ask about this.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 7:9Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
Ecclesiastes 7:11Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.
Treasury of Scripture
Say not you, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for you do not inquire wisely concerning this.
what
Judges 6:13
And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
Jeremiah 44:17-19
But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil…
wisely or out of wisdom
Genesis 6:11,12
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence…
Psalm 14:2,3
The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God…
Isaiah 50:1
Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
