Ecclesiastes 7:11
Be not thou of an hastie spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosome of fooles.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
In Context
Cross References
Job 28:12But where is wisdome found? and where is the place of vnderstanding?
Proverbs 3:14For the marchandise thereof is better then the marchandise of siluer, and the gaine thereof is better then golde.
Proverbs 8:10Receiue mine instruction, and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde.
Ecclesiastes 2:13Then I saw that there is profite in wisdome, more then in follie: as the light is more excellent then darkenes.
Ecclesiastes 11:7Surely the light is a pleasant thing: and it is a good thing to the eyes to see the sunne.
1 Timothy 6:17Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high minded, and that they trust not in vncertaine riches, but in the liuing God, (which giueth vs aboundantly, all things to enioy)
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 →