SinaiEcclesiastes 7:9
World English Bible
Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
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Ecclesiastes 7:9 in other translations
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:9 in context
- 7Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
- 8Better is the end of a thing than its beginning.
The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. - 9Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
- 10Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.
- 11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.