Ecclesiastes 7:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ Do not be quick to anger, for anger lodges 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

James 1:19

You must understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger,

Proverbs 14:17

One who is quick-tempered acts foolishly, and the schemer is hated.

Proverbs 16:32

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and one whose temper is controlled than one who captures a city.

Mark 6:19

And Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not,

Jonah 4:9

But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the bush?” And he said, “Yes, angry enough to die.”

2 Samuel 19:43

But the people of Israel answered the people of Judah, “We have ten shares in the king, and in David also we have more than you. Why then did you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of bringing back our king?” But the words of the people of Judah were fiercer than the words of the people of Israel.

2 Samuel 13:22

But Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon because he had raped his sister Tamar.

2 Samuel 13:28

Then Absalom commanded his servants, “Watch when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Do not be afraid; have I not myself commanded you? Be courageous and valiant.”

Mark 6:24

She went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for?” She replied, “The head of John the baptizer.”

2 Samuel 13:32

But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, said, “Let not my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men the king’s sons; Amnon alone is dead. This has been determined by Absalom from the day Amnon raped his sister Tamar.

Genesis 4:8

Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

Proverbs 14:29

Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but one who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

Ecclesiastes 7:10

Do not say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.

Proverbs 25:8

do not hastily bring into court, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?

Jonah 4:3

And now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

Jonah 4:8

When the sun rose, God prepared a sultry east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint and asked that he might die. He said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”