SinaiEcclesiastes 7:9
American Standard Version
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
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Ecclesiastes 7:9 in other translations
Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:9 in context
- 7Surely extortion maketh the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyeth the understanding.
- 8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
- 9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
- 10Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
- 11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance; yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.