Ecclesiastes 7:9
Don't be quick to get angry, for anger controls the minds of fools.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
In Context
8Completing something is better than starting it. Being patient is better than being proud.
Cross References
Genesis 4:5but he wasn't pleased with Cain and his offering, which made Cain very angry and he frowned in annoyance.
Genesis 34:7When Jacob's sons returned from the fields they were very upset when they heard the news and became extremely angry because Shechem had done something outrageous in Israel by having sex with Jacob's daughter—something that should never be done.
Genesis 34:30But Jacob criticized Simeon and Levi, telling them, “You've just caused me a lot of trouble! You've made me like a bad smell among the people in this country, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I only have a few men, and if these people gather to attack me, I and my whole family will be wiped out.”
2 Samuel 13:22Absalom didn't talk to Amnon at all because he hated Amnon for raping his sister Tamar.
2 Samuel 13:32But Jonadab, son of David's brother Shimeah, told them: “Your Majesty must not think they have killed all the king's sons—only Amnon is dead. Absalom has been planning ever since the day Amnon raped his sister Tamar.
Esther 3:5Haman was furious when he saw that Mordecai did not bow down and show respect to him.
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 →