Ecclesiastes 7:10

Be not hasty in your spirit to be angry: for anger will rest in the bosom of fools.

LXX2012 (US English)

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

9The end of a matter is better than the beginning thereof: the patient is better than the high-minded.

11Say not, What has happened, that the former days were better than these? for you do not enquire in wisdom concerning this.

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Cross References

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

Psalms 14:2He that walks blameless, and works righteousness, who speaks truth in his heart. 1

Jeremiah 44:17Then Sedekias sent, and called him; and the king asked him secretly, saying, Is there a word from the Lord? and he said, There is: you shall be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon.

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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