Ecclesiastes 7:9

Wisdom'Although Vulnerable'Is Beneficial

⁸ Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. ⁹ Do not be eager in your heart to be angry,
For anger resides in the bosom of fools.
¹⁰ Do not ask: Why were the old days better then these? You do not inquire wisely about this.

Heart of Fools

Heart of the Fool

Heart Of The Foolish

Proverbs 14:17

He who is quick-tempered deals foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

James 1:19

You know this, my beloved brothers. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger.

Proverbs 16:32

Being slow to anger is better than being mighty. Being self-controlled is better than ruling a city.

Genesis 4:5-6

He did not look with favor on Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his face was downcast (he had a bad attitude).

Genesis 4:8

While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

Genesis 34:7-8

About that time Jacob's sons were coming in from the fields. When they heard about it, they were shocked and furious that Shechem had done such a thing. He had insulted the people of Israel by raping Jacob's daughter.

Genesis 34:25-26

Three days later the men who had been circumcised were still weak from pain. So Simeon and Levi, two of Dinah's brothers, attacked with their swords and killed every man in town.

Genesis 34:30-31

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: You have brought trouble on me by making me loathsome to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Per'izzites. My numbers are few. If they gather themselves against me and attack my household I will be destroyed.

1 Samuel 25:21-22

David thought: I guarded this man's possessions in the desert for nothing! Not one of his possessions was missing. Yet, he paid me back with evil when I was good to him.

2 Samuel 13:22

Absalom hated Amnon so much because he raped his sister Tamar. He would not speak to him anymore.

2 Samuel 13:28

Absalom gave an order to his servants: Watch now and when Amnon begins to feel good from drinking too much wine, I will tell you, Attack Amnon. Then kill him. Do not be afraid. I give this order. Be strong and courageous.

2 Samuel 13:32

Jonadab son of David's brother Shimea, said: Do not think that all the young men are dead. They have not killed all the king's sons. Only Amnon is dead. Absalom decided to do this the day his half brother raped his sister Tamar.

2 Samuel 19:43

The Israelites replied: We have ten times as many claims on King David as you have! We know he is one of you. Why do you look down on us? Do not forget that we were the first to talk about bringing the king back! The men of Judah were more violent in making their claims than the men of Israel.

Esther 3:5-6

Haman saw that Mordecai did not go before him and give him honor. Haman was very angry.

Proverbs 26:23-26

Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a broken pottery covered with silver dross.

Jonah 4:9

However God replied to Jonah: Do you have good reason to be angry at the plant? He said to God: I have good reason to be angry even unto death.

Mark 6:19

Herodias had a grudge against John and was determined to have him killed.

Mark 6:24

She asked her mother, What should I ask? And the mother said: The head of John the Baptist.

Ephesians 4:26-27

Be angry and do not sin. Do not let the sun go down upon your anger (rage).