Ecclesiastes 7:9 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

⁹ Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

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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.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Ecclesiastes 7:9 Cross References

Genesis 4:8

Kayin said to Hevel, his brother, *Let's go into the field.* It happened when they were in the field, that Kayin rose up against Hevel, his brother, and killed him.

2 Samuel 13:22

Avshalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Avshalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

2 Samuel 13:28

Avshalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark you now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I tell you, Smite Amnon, then kill him; don't be afraid; haven't I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.

2 Samuel 13:32

Yehonadav, the son of Shim`a, David's brother, answered, Don't let my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead; for by the appointment of Avshalom this has been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.

2 Samuel 19:43

The men of Yisra'el answered the men of Yehudah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more [right] in David than you: why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? The words of the men of Yehudah were fiercer than the words of the men of Yisra'el.

Proverbs 14:17

He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.

Proverbs 14:29

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

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 25:8

Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

Ecclesiastes 7:10

Don't say, *Why were the former days better than these?* For you do not ask wisely about this.

Jonah 4:3

Therefore now, LORD, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.*

Jonah 4:8

It happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Yonah's head, so that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, *It is better for me to die than to live.*

Jonah 4:9

God said to Yonah, *Is it right for you to be angry about the vine?* He said, *I am right to be angry, even to death.*

Mark 6:19

Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him, but she couldn't,

Mark 6:24

She went out, and said to her mother, *What shall I ask?* She said, *The head of Yochanan the immerser.*

James 1:19

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;