9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: …
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-10)Solomon had often complained before of the oppressions which he saw under the sun , which gave occasion for many melancholy speculations and were a great discouragement to virtue and piety. Now here, I. He grants the temptation to be strong (Eccl. 7:7): Surely it is often too true that oppression makes a wise man mad . If a wise man be much and long oppressed, he is very apt to speak and act unlik…
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