Ecclesiastes 7:9
Forsothe the ende of preyer is betere than the bigynnyng. A pacient man is betere than a proud man.
Bible (Wycliffe)
In The King James Version
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
In Context
8Fals chalenge disturblith a wijs man, and it schal leese the strengthe of his herte.
10Be thou not swift to be wrooth; for ire restith in the bosum of a fool.
Cross References
Genesis 4:5sotheli he bihelde not to Cayn and to hise yiftis. And Cayn was wrooth greetli, and his cheer felde doun.
Genesis 34:7hise sones camen fro the feeld. And whanne this thing that bifelde was herd, thei weren wroothe greetli; for he wrouyte a foul thing in Israel, and he hadde do a thing vnleueful in the defoulyng of the douyter of Jacob.
Genesis 34:30And whanne these thingis weren don hardili, Jacob seide to Symeon and Leuy, Ye han troblid me, and han maad me hateful to Cananeis and Fereseis, dwellers of this lond; we ben fewe, thei schulen be gaderid to gidere and schulen sle me, and Y schal be don a wey and myn hous.
Esther 3:5And whanne Aaman hadde herd this thing, and hadde preued `bi experience, that Mardochee bowide not the kne to hym, nethir worschipide hym, he was ful wrooth,