Ecclesiastes 7:9
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
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hasty

1 Samuel 25:21, 22
Now David had just finished saying, "In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness so that nothing was missed of all that belongs to him, yet he has paid me back evil for good. . . .

2 Samuel 19:43
"We have ten shares in the king, " answered the men of Israel, "so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?" But the men of Judah pressed even harder than the men of Israel.

Esther 3:5, 6
When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage. . . .

Proverbs 14:17
A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.

Proverbs 16:32
He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.

Jonah 4:9
Then God asked Jonah, "Have you any right to be angry about the plant?" "I do, " he replied. "I am angry enough to die!"

Ephesians 4:26, 27
"Be angry, yet do not sin." Do not let the sun set upon your anger, . . .

James 1:19
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

anger

Genesis 4:5, 6, 8
but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell. . . .

Genesis 34:7, 8, 25, 26, 30, 31
When Jacob's sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter--a thing that should not be done. . . .

2 Samuel 13:22, 28, 32
And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for disgracing his sister Tamar. . . .

Proverbs 26:23-26
Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart. . . .

Mark 6:19, 24
So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable, . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Do not be eager in your heart to be angry, For anger resides in the bosom of fools.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Don't let your spirit rush to be angry, for anger abides in the heart of fools.

International Standard Version
Never be in a hurry to become internally angry, since anger settles down in the lap of fools.

NET Bible
Do not let yourself be quickly provoked, for anger resides in the lap of fools.
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