Ecclesiastes 7:9 “Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the la…”

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad: and the rewarde destroyeth the heart.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.

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Cross references

“hasty”

James 1:19 Proverbs 14:17 Proverbs 16:32 2 Samuel 19:43 Jonah 4:9 1 Samuel 25:21

James 1:19 · BSB

My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

Proverbs 14:17 · BSB

A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.

Proverbs 16:32 · BSB

He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.

2 Samuel 19:43 · BSB

“We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah spoke more f…

Jonah 4:9 · BSB

Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”

1 Samuel 25:21 · BSB

Now David had just said, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.

“anger”

Proverbs 26:23–26 2 Samuel 13:22 2 Samuel 13:28 Mark 6:19 Genesis 4:8 Mark 6:24

Proverbs 26:23–26 · BSB

Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.

2 Samuel 13:22 · BSB

And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for violating his sister Tamar.

2 Samuel 13:28 · BSB

Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valian…

Mark 6:19 · BSB

So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,

Genesis 4:8 · BSB

Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

Mark 6:24 · BSB

Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.

10Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.

Read Ecclesiastes 7