Ecclesiastes 7:10

Be not quickly angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of a fool.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.

In Context

9Better is the end of a speech than the beginning. Better is the patient man than the presumptuous.

11Say not: What thinkest thou is the cause that former times were better than they are now? for this manner of question is foolish.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:11And the earth was corrupted before God, and was filled with iniquity.

Psalms 14:2The Lord hath looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there be any that understand and seek God.

Jeremiah 44:17But we will certainly do every word that shall proceed out of our own mouth, to sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, our kings, and our princes in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and we were filled with bread, and it was well with us, and we saw no evil.

Romans 3:9What then? Do we excel them? No, not so. For we have charged both Jews, and Greeks, that they are all under sin.

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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