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Ecclesiastes 7:9

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

Be not hasty {H926} in thy spirit {H7307} to be angry {H3707}: for anger {H3708} resteth {H5117} in the bosom {H2436} of fools {H3684}.

Don't be quick to get angry, for [only] fools nurse anger.

Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.

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

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Cross-References

  • James 1:19 (22 votes)

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

  • Proverbs 14:17 (16 votes)

    ¶ [He that is] soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

  • Ephesians 4:26 (12 votes)

    Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

  • Ephesians 4:27 (12 votes)

    Neither give place to the devil.

  • Proverbs 16:32 (10 votes)

    ¶ [He that is] slow to anger [is] better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

  • Proverbs 26:23 (7 votes)

    ¶ Burning lips and a wicked heart [are like] a potsherd covered with silver dross.

  • Proverbs 26:26 (7 votes)

    [Whose] hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the [whole] congregation.