Devine Scripture

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Ecclesiastes chapter 7 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

v.9This passage

v.10Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Samuel 25:21

    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 returned me evil for good.

  • Jonah 4:9

    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.

  • 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.

  • Genesis 34:7

    And the sons of Jacob came in from 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.

  • Proverbs 14:17

    He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.

  • Genesis 4:5

    but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.