The end of a matter is better than the beginning thereof: the patient is better than the high-minded.
LXX
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger will rest in the bosom of fools.
Parallel Translations
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Cross References
James 1:19Proverbs 14:17Ephesians 4:26–27Proverbs 16:32Proverbs 26:23–261 Samuel 25:21–22Esther 3:5–62 Samuel 19:43Genesis 34:30–312 Samuel 13:22Genesis 34:7–8Genesis 4:5–6Genesis 34:25–262 Samuel 13:28Mark 6:19
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