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Ecclesiastes 7:9 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 7 · verse 9
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.Ecclesiastes 7:9 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 7:9 in context
7Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
10Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
11Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
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- restethnûwachto restH5117 →
- spiritrûwachwindH7307 →
- hastybâhalto tremble inwardlyH926 →
- angrykaʻaçto troubleH3707 →
- angerkaʻaçvexationH3708 →
- bosomchêyqthe bosomH2436 →
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Solomon had often complained before of the oppressions which he saw under the sun, which gave occasion for many melancholy speculations and were a great discouragement to virtue and piety. Now here, I. He grants the temptation to be strong (Ecc 7:7): Surely it is often too true that oppression makes a wise man mad.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-10