Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.

Cross References (19)

  • James 1:19 (25)

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

  • Proverbs 14:17 (19)

    A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.

  • Ephesians 4:26–27 (16)

    “Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,

  • Proverbs 16:32 (15)

    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

  • Proverbs 26:23–26 (8)

    Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.

  • Genesis 34:7–8 (6)

    When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because S

  • 2 Samuel 13:22 (6)

    And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for violating his sister Tamar.

  • 1 Samuel 25:21–22 (6)

    Now David had just said, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs

  • Genesis 34:30–31 (6)

    Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizz

  • Esther 3:5–6 (6)

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

  • 2 Samuel 19:43 (6)

    “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

  • 2 Samuel 13:28 (5)

    Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike A

  • Mark 6:19 (5)

    So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,

  • Genesis 34:25–26 (5)

    Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their sword

  • Genesis 4:5–6 (5)

    but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.

  • Jonah 4:9 (4)

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

  • Mark 6:24 (4)

    Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.

  • Genesis 4:8 (4)

    Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against

  • 2 Samuel 13:32 (3)

    But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the