Ecclesiastes 7:9 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

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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.

English Standard Version 2016

⁹ Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the heart of fools.

Ecclesiastes 7:9 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 4:8

And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

2 Samuel 13:22

And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

2 Samuel 13:28

Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.

2 Samuel 13:32

And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced 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 have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

Proverbs 14:17

He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: And a man of wicked devices is hated.

Proverbs 14:29

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

Proverbs 16:32

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

Proverbs 25:8

Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

Ecclesiastes 7:10

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.

Jonah 4:3

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

Jonah 4:8

And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

Jonah 4:9

And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.

Mark 6:19

Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:

Mark 6:24

And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

James 1:19

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: