Ecclesiastes 7:9

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 1:19 : 19 So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
  • Prov 14:17 : 17 Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated.
  • Prov 16:32 : 32 Better `is' the slow to anger than the mighty, And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking a city.
  • Prov 26:23-26 : 23 Silver of dross spread over potsherd, `Are' burning lips and an evil heart. 24 By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit, 25 When his voice is gracious trust not in him, For seven abominations `are' in his heart. 26 Hatred is covered by deceit, Revealed is its wickedness in an assembly.
  • Jonah 4:9 : 9 And God saith unto Jonah: `Is doing good displeasing to thee, because of the gourd?' and he saith, `To do good is displeasing to me -- unto death.'
  • Mark 6:19 : 19 and Herodias was having a quarrel with him, and was willing to kill him, and was not able,
  • Mark 6:24 : 24 And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, `What shall I ask for myself?' and she said, `The head of John the Baptist;'
  • Eph 4:26-27 : 26 be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath, 27 neither give place to the devil;
  • Gen 4:5-6 : 5 and unto Cain and unto his present He hath not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance is fallen. 6 And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Why hast thou displeasure? and why hath thy countenance fallen?
  • Gen 4:8 : 8 And Cain saith unto Abel his brother, ``Let us go into the field;'' and it cometh to pass in their being in the field, that Cain riseth up against Abel his brother, and slayeth him.
  • Gen 34:7-8 : 7 and the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard, and the men grieve themselves, and it `is' very displeasing to them, for folly he hath done against Israel, to lie with the daughter of Jacob -- and so it is not done. 8 And Hamor speaketh with them, saying, `Shechem, my son, his soul hath cleaved to your daughter; give her, I pray you, to him for a wife,
  • Gen 34:25-26 : 25 And it cometh to pass, on the third day, in their being pained, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, take each his sword, and come in against the city confidently, and slay every male; 26 and Hamor, and Shechem his son, they have slain by the mouth of the sword, and they take Dinah out of Shechem's house, and go out.
  • Gen 34:30-31 : 30 And Jacob saith unto Simeon and unto Levi, `Ye have troubled me, by causing me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanite, and among the Perizzite: and I `am' few in number, and they have been gathered against me, and have smitten me, and I have been destroyed, I and my house.' 31 And they say, `As a harlot doth he make our sister?'
  • 1 Sam 25:21-22 : 21 And David said, `Only, in vain I have kept all that this `one' hath in the wilderness, and nothing hath been looked after of all that he hath, and he turneth back to me evil for good; 22 thus doth God do to the enemies of David, and thus He doth add, if I leave of all that he hath till the light of the morning -- of those sitting on the wall.'
  • 2 Sam 13:22 : 22 and Absalom hath not spoken with Amnon either evil or good, for Absalom is hating Amnon, because that he humbled Tamar his sister.
  • 2 Sam 13:28 : 28 And Absalom commandeth his young men, saying, `See, I pray thee, when the heart of Amnon `is' glad with wine, and I have said unto you, Smite Amnon, that ye have put him to death; fear not; is it not because I have commanded you? be strong, yea, become sons of valour.'
  • 2 Sam 13:32 : 32 And Jonadab son of Shimeah, David's brother, answereth and saith, `Let not my lord say, The whole of the young men, the sons of the king, they have put to death; for Amnon alone `is' dead, for by the command of Absalom it hath been appointed from the day of his humbling Tamar his sister;
  • 2 Sam 19:43 : 43 And the men of Israel answer the men of Judah, and say, `Ten parts we have in the king, and also in David more than you; and wherefore have ye lightly esteemed us, that our word hath not been first to bring back our king?' And the word of the men of Judah is sharper than the word of the men of Israel.
  • Esth 3:5-6 : 5 And Haman seeth that Mordecai is not bowing and doing obeisance to him, and Haman is full of fury, 6 and it is contemptible in his eyes to put forth a hand on Mordecai by himself, for they have declared to him the people of Mordecai, and Haman seeketh to destroy all the Jews who `are' in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus -- the people of Mordecai.

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    6For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So `is' the laughter of a fool, even this `is' vanity.

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    33In the heart of the intelligent wisdom doth rest. And in the midst of fools it is known.

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    22An angry man stirreth up contention, And a furious man is multiplying transgression.

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    3A stone `is' heavy, and the sand `is' heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.

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    24Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,

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    16The fool -- in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.

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    10Luxury is not comely for a fool, Much less for a servant to rule among princes.

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    19So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

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    2Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few.

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    7Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.

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    27One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper `is' a man of understanding.

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    29Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant `is' the fool to the wise of heart.

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    23A prudent man is concealing knowledge, And the heart of fools proclaimeth folly.

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    11Who knoweth the power of Thine anger? And according to Thy fear -- Thy wrath?

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    2The heart of the wise `is' at his right hand, And the heart of a fool at his left.

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    19Fret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked,

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    14A gift in secret pacifieth anger, And a bribe in the bosom strong fury.