Ecclesiastes 7:9

Modern King James Version

Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry; for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

Cross References

Genesis 4:8

And Cain talked with his brother Abel. And it happened when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

2 Samuel 13:22

And Absalom did not speak to his brother Amnon, neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon because he had forced his sister Tamar.

2 Samuel 13:28

And Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, And watch when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Strike Amnon, you shall kill him. Do not fear. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous, and be brave.

2 Samuel 13:32

And Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shimeah answered and said, Let not my lord think that they have killed all the young men, the king's sons. For only Amnon is dead. For by the mouth of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he humbled his sister Tamar.

2 Samuel 19:43

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we also have more right in David than you. Why then did you despise us, so that our advice should not be sought first in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were more fierce than the words of the men of Israel.

Proverbs 14:17

He who is soon angry acts foolishly, and a man of wicked plots is hated.

Proverbs 14:29

He who is slow to wrath is of great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exalts folly.

Proverbs 16:32

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

Proverbs 25:8

Do not go forth quickly to fight, lest you know not what to do in the end of it, when your neighbor has put you to shame.

Ecclesiastes 7:10

Do not say, Why was it that the former days were better than these? For you do not ask wisely in regard to this.

Jonah 4:3

And now, O Jehovah, I beseech You, take my life from me. For better is my death than my life.

Jonah 4:8

And it happened when the sun shone, God ordained a scorching east wind. And the sun beat on the head of Jonah, so that he fainted. And he asked for his life to die. And he said, Better is my death than my life.

Jonah 4:9

And God said to Jonah, Is your anger rightly kindled over the plant? And he said, My anger is rightly kindled, even to death.

Mark 6:19

And Herodias held it against him, and desired 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 Baptist.

James 1:19

Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.