Old Testament · VERSE 9

Ecclesiastes 7:9

King James Version

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

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Ecclesiastes 7:7

Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Ecclesiastes 7:9SELECTED VERSE

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

Ecclesiastes 7:10

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.

Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.

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