Ecclesiastes 7:9

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

Ecclesiastes 7:9 · King James Version

In other versions

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
ASV
Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.
BBE
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be vexed; for vexation resteth in the bosom of fools.
DBY
Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
WEB
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.
YLT
Be not hasty in your spirit to be angry: for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
ENG
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
WBT
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
BSB

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.