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Selected Verse: Ecclesiates 7:9 - King James

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Ec 7:9 King James Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
angry--impatient at adversity befalling thee, as Job was (Ecc 5:2; Pro 12:16).
 
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16 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.