Ecclesiastes 7:9

Be not hastyly angrie in thy minde: for wrath resteth in the bosome of fooles.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8Better is it to consider the ende of a thing then the beginning: The pacient of spirite, is better then the hye minded.

10Say not thou, What is the cause that the dayes of the old time were better then they that be nowe? for that were no wyse question.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:5But vnto Cain and to his offeryng he had no respect: for the whiche cause Cain was exceedyng wroth, and his countenaunce abated.

Genesis 34:7And when the sonnes of Iacob (comming out of the fielde) hearde it, it greeued them, and they were not a little wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel, in that he had lien with Iacobs daughter, which thing ought not to be done.

Genesis 34:30But Iacob sayde to Simeon & Leui: ye haue troubled me, and made me to be abhorred of the inhabitours of the land of the Chanaanite and the Pherezite: and I beyng fewe in number, they shall gather the selues together against me, and slay me, and so shall I and my house be destroyed.

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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