Ecclesiastes 7:9
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
KJV
Melior est finis orationis quam principium. Melior est patiens arrogante.
Vulgate
ἀγαθὴ ἐσχάτη λόγων ὑπὲρ ἀρχὴν αὐτοῦ, ἀγαθὸν μακρόθυμος ὑπὲρ ὑψηλὸν πνεύματι.
LXX
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
ASV
אַל תְּבַהֵ֥ל בְּ/רֽוּחֲ/ךָ֖ לִ/כְע֑וֹס כִּ֣י כַ֔עַס בְּ/חֵ֥יק כְּסִילִ֖ים יָנֽוּחַ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
הֵנִ֨יחַ
hnych
verb · 67×
הוּ
hv
verb · 38×
ךָ
k
noun · 38×
כְּסִ֑יל
ksyl
noun · 69×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כַּ֣עַס
k's
noun · 25×
נִי
ny
verb · 51×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 25:21 — 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 requited me evil for good.
- 2Sam 13:22 — And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
- 2Sam 13:28 — Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageou
- 2Sam 13:32 — And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king’s sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Ab
- 2Sam 19:43 — 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
- Amos 1:11 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his a
- Eph 4:26 — Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
- Eph 4:26 — Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
- Eph 4:31 — Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
- Esth 3:5 — And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
- Esth 5:10 — Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
- Gen 4:5 — But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
- Gen 4:8 — And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
- Gen 27:41 — And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
- Gen 34:7 — And the sons of Jacob came out of 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 o
- Gen 34:25 — And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the ma
- Gen 34:30 — And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather them
- Jas 1:19 — Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
- Job 5:2 — For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
- Jonah 4:9 — 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.
- Mark 6:19 — Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
- Mark 6:19 — Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
- Mark 6:24 — And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
- Prov 14:17 — He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
- Prov 14:17 — He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
- Prov 14:29 — He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
- Prov 16:32 — He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
- Prov 19:2 — Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
- Prov 26:23 — Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.