"Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools." — Ecclesiastes 7:9

Ecclesiastes 7:9 · KJV

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

— Ecclesiastes 7:9

Better {is} the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: {and} the patient in spirit {is} better than the proud in spirit.

Verse 10

Say not thou, What is {the cause} that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. {wisely: Heb. out of wisdom}

Ecclesiastes 7 — Context

Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

Better {is} the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: {and} the patient in spirit {is} better than the proud in spirit.

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

Say not thou, What is {the cause} that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. {wisely: Heb. out of wisdom}

Wisdom {is} good with an inheritance: and {by it there is} profit to them that see the sun. {good...: or, as good as an inheritance, yea, better too}

Cross References

James 1:19

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

Proverbs 14:17

{He that is} soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

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.

Ephesians 4:26-27

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

Proverbs 26:23-26

Burning lips and a wicked heart {are like} a potsherd covered with silver dross.

1 Samuel 25:21-22

Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this {fellow} hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that {pertained} unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.

Genesis 34:7-8

And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard {it}: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.

Genesis 34:30-31

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I {being} few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.