Ecclesiastes 7:10

Good News Translation

Never ask, “Oh, why were things so much better in the old days?” It's not an intelligent question.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:11

Everyone who lives ought to be wise; it is as good as receiving an inheritance

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Keep your temper under control; it is foolish to harbor a grudge.

Isaiah 50:1

The Lord says, “Do you think I sent my people away like a man who divorces his wife? Where, then, are the papers of divorce? Do you think I sold you into captivity like a man who sells his children as slaves? No, you went away captive because of your sins; you were sent away because of your crimes.

Judges 6:13

Gideon said to him, “If I may ask, sir, why has all this happened to us if the Lord is with us? What happened to all the wonderful things that our fathers told us the Lord used to do—how he brought them out of Egypt? The Lord has abandoned us and left us to the mercy of the Midianites.”