Ecclesiastes Chapter 7 verse 9 Holy Bible
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
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Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.
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Be not hasty in thy spirit to be vexed; for vexation resteth in the bosom of fools.
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Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
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Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
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Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.
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Ecclesiastes 7 : 9 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry. A further warning against the arrogance which murmurs at Providence and revolts against the checks of the Divine arrangement. The injunction in Ecclesiastes 5:2 might be taken in this sense. It is not a general admonition against unrighteous anger, but is leveled at the haughty indignation which a proud man feels when things do not go as he wishes, and he deems that he could have managed matters more satisfactorily. For anger resteth in the bosom of fools. Such unreasonable displeasure is the mark of a foolish or skeptical mind, and if it rests (Proverbs 14:33), is fostered and cherished there, may develop into misanthropy and atheism. If we adopt the rendering" word" in ver. 8, we may see in this injunction a warning against being quick to take offence at a rebuke, as it is only the fool who will not look to the object of the censure and see that it ought to be patiently submitted to. On the subject of anger St. Gregory writes, "As often as we restrain the turbulent motions of the mind under the virtue of mildness, we are essaying to return to the likeness of our Creator. For when the peace of mind is lashed with anger, torn and rent, as it were, it is thrown into confusion, so that it is not in harmony with itself, and loses the force of the inward likeness. By anger wisdom is parted with, so that we are left wholly in ignorance what to do; as it is written, 'Anger resteth in the bosom of a fool,' in this way, that it withdraws the light of understanding, while by agitating it troubles the mind" ('Moral.,' 5:78).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) Resteth.--Proverbs 14:33.
