Ecclesiastes 7:9 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁹ 6 Be not over just: and be not more wise than is necessary, lest thou become stupid.

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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

And Cain said to Abel his brother: Let us go forth abroad. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and slew him.

2 Samuel 13:22

7 But Absalom pressed him, so that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him. And Absalom made a feast as it were the feast of a king.

2 Samuel 13:28

3 Now therefore let not my lord the king take this thing into his heart, saying: All the king's sons are slain: for Amnon only is dead.

2 Samuel 13:32

7 But Absalom fled, and went to Tholomai the son of Ammiud the king of Gessur. And David mourned for his son every day.

2 Samuel 19:43

So Amasa went to assemble the men of Juda, but he tarried beyond the set time which the king had appointed him.

Proverbs 14:17

4 The crown of the wise is their riches: the folly of fools, imprudence.

Proverbs 14:29

A mild answer breaketh wrath: but a harsh word stirreth up fury.

Proverbs 16:32

Children's children are the crown of old men: and the glory of children are their fathers.

Proverbs 25:8

5 By patience a prince shall be appeased, and a soft tongue shall break hardness.

Ecclesiastes 7:10

7 Be not overmuch wicked: and be not foolish, lest thou die before thy time.

Jonah 4:3

1 And shall not I spare Ninive, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons that know not how to distinguish between their right hand and their left, and many beasts?

Jonah 4:8

For the wickedness of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the wickedness of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Juda? are they not Jerusalem ?

Jonah 4:9

And I will make Samaria as a heap of stones in the field when a vineyard is planted: and I will bring down the stones thereof into the valley, and will lay her foundations bare.

Mark 6:19

7 But sending an executioner, he commanded that his head should be brought in a dish.

Mark 6:24

2 And going up into a ship, they went into a desert place apart.

James 1:19

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with respect of persons.