Ecclesiastes 7:9

Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.

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Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

In Context

8The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.

10Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:5But in Cain and his offering he had no pleasure. And Cain was angry and his face became sad.

Genesis 34:7Now the sons of Jacob came in from the fields when they had news of it, and they were wounded and very angry because of the shame he had done in Israel by having connection with Jacob's daughter; and they said, Such a thing is not to be done.

Genesis 34:30And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have made trouble for me and given me a bad name among the people of this country, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and because we are small in number they will come together against me and make war on me; and it will be the end of me and all my people.

2 Samuel 13:22But Absalom said nothing to his brother Amnon, good or bad: for he was full of hate for him, because he had taken his sister Tamar by force.

2 Samuel 13:32And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother, said, Let not my lord have the idea that all the sons of the king have been put to death; for only Amnon is dead: this has been purposed by Absalom from the day when he took his sister Tamar by force.

Esther 3:5And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not go down before him and give him honour, Haman was full of wrath.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:8-11

Scenes of Mourning and of Joy. 7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. 8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. 10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. Solomon had often complained before of the oppressions which he saw under the… Read the whole commentary →

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