Daily Inspiration Quote by King Solomon

Prosperity, Solomon suggests, is for living; adversity is for thinking. The line’s split-screen structure is doing the moral work: joy is permitted, even commanded, but it’s kept on a short leash, paired with a second clause that refuses to let success become a worldview. Then the pivot: when things go bad, don’t panic - consider. Not “endure,” not “pray harder,” not “blame someone.” Consider. The verb is a subtle demand for mental discipline, the refusal to waste suffering on pure emotion.

As a royal voice, the advice carries political subtext. Courts are built on mood swings: good harvests breed arrogance, bad news breeds purges. A king who can’t regulate his interpretation of events becomes a danger to everyone. “Be joyful” in prosperity reads like an antidote to paranoid hoarding and self-seriousness. “Consider” in adversity reads like a brake on reactionary rule: before you lash out, ask what this reversal exposes - about policy, character, luck, God, the fragility of the whole arrangement.

The context is wisdom literature (Ecclesiastes 7:14), where Solomon’s tradition keeps puncturing the fantasy that life is a simple morality machine. The missing end of the verse sharpens the point: God has made both days, so humans can’t predict what’s next. That theological frame doesn’t cancel agency; it reframes it. Enjoy the ups without worshipping them. Use the downs as a lens, not a verdict.