9 Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.
9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
9 Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.
9 Don't be quick to fly off the handle. Anger boomerangs. You can spot a fool by the lumps on his head.
9 Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry, For anger rests in the bosom of fools.
9 Control your temper, for anger labels you a fool.
3 A person's own folly leads to their ruin, yet their heart rages against the Lord.
3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.
3 When a man's folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the Lord.
3 People ruin their lives by their own stupidity, so why does God always get blamed?
3 The foolishness of a man twists his way, And his heart frets against the Lord.
3 People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then are angry at the Lord .
(Read Proverbs 19:3)
Men run into troubles by their own folly, and then fret at the appointments of God.
11 Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end.
11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
11 A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.
11 A fool lets it all hang out; a sage quietly mulls it over.
11 A fool vents all his feelings, But a wise man holds them back.
11 Fools vent their anger, but the wise quietly hold it back.
(Read Proverbs 29:11)
He is a fool who tells every thing he knows, and can keep no counsel.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ecclesiastes 7:9
Commentary on Ecclesiastes 7:7-10
(Read Ecclesiastes 7:7-10)
The event of our trials and difficulties is often better than at first we thought. Surely it is better to be patient in spirit, than to be proud and hasty. Be not soon angry, nor quick in resenting an affront. Be not long angry; though anger may come into the bosom of a wise man, it passes through it as a way-faring man; it dwells only in the bosom of fools. It is folly to cry out upon the badness of our times, when we have more reason to cry out for the badness of our own hearts; and even in these times we enjoy many mercies. It is folly to cry up the goodness of former times; as if former ages had not the like things to complain of that we have: this arises from discontent, and aptness to quarrel with God himself.