Ecclesiastes 7:9

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.”

— WEB

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

— KJV

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

— ASV

James 1:19 "So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;"
Proverbs 14:17 "He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated."
Ephesians 4:26-27 "“Be angry, and don’t sin.”Psalm 4:4 Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,"
Proverbs 16:32 "One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city."
Proverbs 26:23-26 "Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart."
Esther 3:5-6 "When Haman saw that Mordecai didn’t bow down, nor pay him homage, Haman was full of wrath."
Genesis 34:7-8 "The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had done folly in…"
2 Samuel 13:22 "Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar."

angry--impatient at adversity befalling thee, as Job was (Ecc 5:2; Pro 12:16).

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