Ecclesiastes 7:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁹ Be not 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.

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

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

2 Samuel 13:22

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

2 Samuel 13:28

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

2 Samuel 13:32

But Jonadab the son of Shime-ah, David's brother, said, “Let not my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men the king's sons, for Amnon alone is dead, for by the command of Absalom this has been determined from the day he forced his sister Tamar.

2 Samuel 19:43

And the men of Israel answered the men 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 men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

Proverbs 14:17

A man of quick temper acts foolishly, but a man of discretion is patient.

Proverbs 14:29

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

Proverbs 16:32

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

Proverbs 25:8

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

Ecclesiastes 7:10

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

Jonah 4:3

Therefore now, O Lord, take my life from me, I beseech thee, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

Jonah 4:8

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

Jonah 4:9

But God said to Jonah, “Do you do well to be angry for the plant?” And he said, “I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.”

Mark 6:19

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

Mark 6:24

And she went out, and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the baptizer.”

James 1:19

Know this, my beloved brethren. Let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,