Bible verse
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
Ecclesiastes 7:9 · BSB
The verses around it, from Ecclesiastes 7.
5 It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
6 For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
7 Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
8 The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
9 Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
10 Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.
11 Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.
12 For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
13 Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?
KJV
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
ASV
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
ERV
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
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