Ecclesiastes 7:9
King James Version (KJV)
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
World English Bible (WEB)
Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:9 Cross References
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.
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.
And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
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.
