Ecclesiastes 7:9

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Summary

Ecclesiastes 7:9

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

Hasty

Anger

Mark 6:19

Bible References

Hasty

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.

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 down, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.

He that is soon angry will deal 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.

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

Ye know this , my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

Anger

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

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.

And Absalom spake unto Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

Fervent lips and a wicked heart Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

And Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him; and she could not;