Ecclesiastes 7:9 - Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ The end of a speech is better than the beginning. Patience is better than arrogance.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Do not be quick in spirit to be angry or vexed, for anger and vexation lodge in the bosom of fools. [James 1:19, 20.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Common English Bible

⁹ Don’t be too quick to get angry because anger lives in the fool’s heart.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ Better is the end of a speech than the beginning. Better is the patient man than the presumptuous.

Ecclesiastes 7:9 Cross References

Genesis 4:8

And Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let us go outside." And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and he put him to death.

2 Samuel 13:22

Yet Absalom did not speak to Amnon, neither good nor evil. For Absalom hated Amnon because he had violated his sister Tamar.

2 Samuel 13:28

Then Absalom commanded his servants, saying: "Observe when Amnon will have become drunk with wine. And when I say to you, 'Strike and kill him!' do not be afraid. For it is I who commands you. Be strong and valiant men."

2 Samuel 13:32

But Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother, responding, said: "My lord the king should not consider that all the sons of the king have been slain. Amnon alone is dead. For he was set against by the mouth of Absalom from the day that he raped his sister Tamar.

2 Samuel 19:43

And the men of Israel responded to the men of Judah, and said: "I have the greater amount, ten parts, with the king, and so David belongs to me more so than to you. Why have you caused me injury, and why was it not announced to me first, so that I might lead back my king?" But the men of Judah answered more firmly than the men of Israel.

Proverbs 14:17

The impatient will work foolishness. And a resourceful man is hated.

Proverbs 14:29

Whoever is patient is governed by much prudence. But whoever is impatient exalts his foolishness.

Proverbs 16:32

A patient man is better than a strong one. And whoever rules his soul is better than one who assaults cities.

Proverbs 25:8

The things that your eyes have seen, do not offer hastily in a quarrel, lest afterward you may not be able to make amends, when you have dishonored your friend.

Ecclesiastes 7:10

Do not be quickly moved to anger. For anger resides in the sinews of the foolish.

Jonah 4:3

And now, Lord, I ask you to take my life from me. For it is better for me to die than to live."

Jonah 4:8

And when the sun had risen, the Lord ordered a hot and burning wind. And the sun beat down on the head of Jonah, and he burned. And he petitioned for his soul that he might die, and he said, "It is better for me to die than to live."

Jonah 4:9

And the Lord said to Jonah, "Do you really think that you are right to be angry because of the ivy?" And he said, "I am right to be angry even unto death."

Mark 6:19

Now Herodias was devising treachery against him; and she wanted to kill him, but she was unable.

Mark 6:24

And when she had gone out, she said to her mother, "What shall I request?" But her mother said, "The head of John the Baptist."

James 1:19

You know this, my most beloved brothers. So let every man be quick to listen, but slow to speak and slow to anger.