Ecclesiastes 7:9

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Be not haistely angrie in yi mynde, for wrath resteth in the bosome of a foole.

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  • Jas 1:19 : 19 Wherfore deare brethren, let euery man be swifte to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe to wrath.
  • Prov 14:17 : 17 An vnpacient man handeleth foolishly, but he that is well aduysed, doth other wayes.
  • Prov 16:32 : 32 A pacient man is better then one that is stroge: and he that can rule him selfe, is more worth then he yt wynneth a cite.
  • Prov 26:23-26 : 23 Venymous lippes & a wicked herte, are like a potsherde couered wt syluer drosse. 24 An enemie dyssembleth with his lippes, and in the meane season he ymagineth myschefe: 25 but wha he speaketh fayre, beleue him not, for there are seuen abhominacios in his herte. 26 Who so kepeth euell will secretly to do hurte, his malyce shalbe shewed before the whole congregacion.
  • Jonah 4:9 : 9 And God sayd vnto Ionas: Art thou so angrie for the wylde vyne? And he sayde: yee very angrie am I euen vnto the deeth.
  • Mark 6:19 : 19 But Herodias layed wayte for him, and wolde haue slayne him, and coude not.
  • Mark 6:24 : 24 She wente forth, and sayde vnto hir mother: what shal I axe? She sayde: Ihon baptistes heade.
  • Eph 4:26-27 : 26 Be angrie, but synne not. Let not ye Sonne go downe vpo youre wrath: 27 nether geue place to the bacbyter.
  • Gen 4:5-6 : 5 but vnto Cain and his offerynge he loked not. Then was Cain exceadinge wroth, and his countenaunce chaunged. 6 And the LORDE sayde vnto Cain: Why art thou angrie? and why doth thy countenaunce chaunge? Is it not so? that yf thou do well, thou shalt receaue it:
  • Gen 4:8 : 8 And Cain talked with Abell his brother. And it happened, that whan they were in the felde, Cain arose agaynst Abell his brother, and slew him.
  • Gen 34:7-8 : 7 In the meane season came Iacobs sonnes from ye felde. And whan they herde it, it greued the men, and they were very wroth, that he had wrought foly in Israel, and lyen with Iacobs doughter: for so was not the vse to do. 8 Then comened Hemor with the, and sayde: My sonne Sichems hert longeth for youre doughter, O geue hir him to wife:
  • Gen 34:25-26 : 25 And vpon the thirde daye (whan it was panefull to them) the two sonnes of Iacob Simeon and Leui Dinas brethren, toke euery man his swerde, and wente boldly in to the cite, and slew all the males, 26 and slew Hemor also and Sichem his sonne with the edge of the swerde, and toke their sister Dina out of Sichems house, and wente their waye.
  • Gen 34:30-31 : 30 And Iacob sayde vnto Symeon and Leui: Ye haue brought it so to passe, yt I stynke before the inhabiters of this lande, ye Cananites and Pheresites, & I am but a small nombre: Yf they gather them selues now together against me, they shal slaye me, so shal I be destroyed with my house. 31 But they answered: Shulde they the deale with oure sister as with an whoore?
  • 1 Sam 25:21-22 : 21 But Dauid sayde: Wel, all that this man had in ye wyldernes, haue I kepte for naughte, so that there wanted nothinge of all that he had, and he rewardeth me euell for good. 22 God do this and yet more vnto the enemies of Dauid, yf vntyll tomorow in the mornynge I leaue this man (of all that he hath) so moch as one that maketh water agaynst ye wall.
  • 2 Sam 13:22 : 22 As for Absalom, he spake nether euell ner good to Ammon: but Absalom hated Ammon, because he had forced his sister Thamar.
  • 2 Sam 13:28 : 28 But Absalom commaunded his yongemen, and sayde: Take hede whan Ammon is mery with wyne (and I saye vnto you: Smyte Ammon, and slaye him) that ye be not afrayed: for I haue commaunded you, be stronge, and playe the men.
  • 2 Sam 13:32 : 32 Then answered Ionadab ye sonne of Simea Dauids brother, and sayde: Let not my lorde thynke that all the yonge men the kynges children are deed, but yt Ammon is deed onely: for Absalom hath kepte it in him selfe sence the daie that he forced his sister Thamar.
  • 2 Sam 19:43 : 43 Then answered they of Israel vnto them of Iuda, & sayde: We haue ten tymes more with the kynge and with Dauid, the thou, why hast thou regarded me then so lightly, that oures were not the first to fetch oure kynge agayne? But they of Iuda spake harder then they of Israel.
  • Esth 3:5-6 : 5 And wha Aman sawe, that Mardocheus bowed not the knee vnto him, ner worshipped him, he was full of indignacion & despyte, 6 that he shulde laye hondes onely on Mardocheus: for they had shewed him ye people of Mardocheus, but he sought to destroye the people of Mardocheus, and all the people that were in the whole empyre of Ahasuerus.

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  • 29 Pacience is a token of wi?dome, but wrath and haistie displeasure is a token of foolishnesse.

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    16 A wyse man, feareth, and departeth from euell, but a foole goeth on presumptuously.

    17 An vnpacient man handeleth foolishly, but he that is well aduysed, doth other wayes.

  • 11 A foole poureth out his sprete alltogether, but a wyse man kepeth it in till afterwarde.

  • 10 Saye not thou: What is the cause that ye dayes of ye olde tyme were better, then they yt be now? for that were no wyse question.

  • Ps 37:7-8
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    7 Holde the still in ye LORDE, and abyde pacietly vpon him: but greue not thy self at one that hath prosperite, and lyueth in abhominacion.

    8 Leaue of from wrath, let go displeasure, let not thy gelousy moue the also to do euell.

  • Eccl 7:4-8
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    4 The herte of ye wyse is in the mournynge house, but the hert of the foolish is in the house of myrth.

    5 It is better to geue eare to the chastenynge of a wyse man, then to heare the songe of fooles.

    6 For the laughinge of fooles is like ye crackynge of thornes vnder a pott. And yt is but a vayne thinge.

    7 Who so doeth wronge, maketh a wyse man to go out of his witt, and destroyeth a gentle hert.

    8 The ende of a thinge is better then the begynnynge. The pacient of sprete is better then the hie mynded.

  • 32 A pacient man is better then one that is stroge: and he that can rule him selfe, is more worth then he yt wynneth a cite.

  • 26 Be angrie, but synne not. Let not ye Sonne go downe vpo youre wrath:

  • 9 Yf a wyse man go to lawe with a foole (whether he deale with him frendly or roughly) he getteth no rest.

  • 33 Wy?dome resteth in the herte of him that hath vnderstondinge, and he wyll teach them that are vnlerned.

  • 22 An angrie man stereth vp strife, and he that beareth euell wyll in his mynde, doth moch euell.

  • 1 A softe aswere putteth downe displeasure, but frowarde wordes prouoke vnto anger.

  • Prov 27:3-4
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    3 The stone is heuy, and the sonde weightie: but a fooles wrath is heuyer then they both.

    4 Wrath is a cruell thige, and furiousnesse is a very tempest: yee who is able to abyde envye?

  • 24 Make no fredshipe with an angrie wylfull man, and kepe no company wt ye furious:

  • 18 An angrie man stereth vp strife, but he yt is pacient stilleth discorde.

  • Prov 26:4-5
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    4 Geue not the foole an answere after his foolishnesse, lest thou become like vnto him:

    5 but make ye foole an answere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne coceate.

  • 16 A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haist, but a discrete man forgeueth wronge.

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    10 Delicate ease becometh not a foole, moch more vnsemely is it, a bonde man to haue ye rule of prynces.

    11 A wyse man putteth of displeasure, & it is his honor to let some fautes passe.

  • 20 Yf thou seyst a man that is haistie to speake vnaduysed, thou mayest trust a foole more then him.

  • Eccl 7:16-17
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    16 Therfore be thou nether to rightuous ner ouer wyse, yt thou perish not:

    17 be nether to vnrightuous also ner to foolish, lest thou die before thy tyme.

  • 9 Tel nothinge in to ye eares of a foole, for he wyl despyse the wy?dome of thy wordes.

  • Jas 1:19-20
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    19 Wherfore deare brethren, let euery man be swifte to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe to wrath.

    20 For the wrath of ma worketh not that which is righteous before God.

  • 2 As for the foolish man displeasure kylleth him, and anger slayeth ye ignoraunt.

  • 3 Foolishnesse maketh a man to go out of his waye, & then is his herte vnpacient agaynst the LORDE.

  • 3 It is a mans honoure to kepe himself from strife, but they yt haue pleasure in braulinge, are fooles eueryone.

  • 4 Yf a principall sprete be geue the to beare rule, be not negliget the in thine office: for so shal greate wickednesse be put downe, as it were wt a medecyne.

  • 2 Be not hastie with thy mouth, & let not thine hert speake eny thige rashly before God. For God is in heauen, & thou vpon earth, therfore let thy wordes be fewe.

  • 17 A wise mans councell that is folowed in sylence, is farre aboue the crienge of a captaine amoge fooles.

  • Prov 14:7-8
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    7 Se yt thou medle not with a foole, & do as though thou haddest no knowlege.

    8 The wy?dome of him that hath vnderstondinge is, to take hede vnto his waye, but the foolishnesse of the vnwyse disceaueth.

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    27 He is wyse and discrete, yt tempereth his wordes: and he is a ma of vnderstodinge, yt maketh moch of his sprete.

    28 Yee a very foole (when he holdeth his tonge) is counted wyse, and to haue vnderstodinge, when he shutteth his lippes.

  • 8 Be not haistie to go to the lawe, lest happlie thou ordre yi self so at ye last, yt thy neghbor put ye to shame.

  • 29 Who so maketh disquyetnesse in his owne house, he shal haue wynde for his heretage, and the foole shal be seruaunt to the wyse.

  • 23 He that hath vnderstodinge, can hyde his wysdome: but an vndiscrete herte telleth out his foolishnesse.

  • 11 But who regardeth the power of thy wrath, thy fearfull & terrible displeasure?

  • 2 A wyse mans hert is vpon the right hande, but a fooles hert is vpon the left.

  • 19 Let not yi wrath & gelousy moue ye, to foolow ye wicked and vngodly.

  • 14 A preuy rewarde pacifieth displeasure, and a gifte in the bosome stilleth furiousnesse.