So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning, for he had 14,000 sheep, and 6,000 camels and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. (Job 42 : 12.) Neither Poverty nor Riches a Blessing. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me; lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. (Prov. 30 : 8, 9.) Wisdom a Source of Enjoyment. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom.... Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and in her paths are peace. (Prov. 3 : 13, 17.) Wisdom a Source of Vexation, Grief, and Sorrow. And I gave my heart to know wisdom.... I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. (Eccl. 1 : 17, 18.) A Good Name a Blessing. A good name is better than precious ointment. (Eccl. 7 : 1.) A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches. (Prov. 22 : 1.) A Good Name is a Curse. Woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you. (Luke 6 : 26.) Laughter Commended. To everything there is a season, and a time.... A time to weep and a time to laugh. (Eccl. 3 : 1, 4.) Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun than to eat and to drink, and to be merry. (Eccl. 8 : 15.) A merry heart doeth good, like a medicine. (Prov. 17 : 22.) Laughter Condemned. Woe unto you that laugh now. (Luke 6 : 25.) Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. (Eccl. 7 : 3, 4.) The Rod of Correction a Remedy for Foolishness. Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. (Prov. 22 : 15.) There is No Remedy for Foolishness. Though thou shouldst bray a fool in mortar, ... yet will not his foolishness depart from him. (Prov. 27 : 22.) Temptation to be Desired. Count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations. (James 1 : 2.) Temptation Not to be Desired. Lead us not into temptation. (Mat. 6 : 13.) Prophecy is Sure. We have also a more sure word of prophecy, whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place. (2 Peter 1 : 19.) Prophecy is Not Sure. At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; if it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good wherewith I said I would benefit them. (Jer. 18 : 7-10.)