Ecclesiastes 7:9

Other passages that echo Ecclesiastes 7:9 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

1. Genesis 4:5but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
2. Genesis 4:8Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
3. Genesis 34:7When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.
4. Genesis 34:25Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.
5. Genesis 34:30Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
6. 1 Samuel 25:21Now David had just finished saying, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.
7. 2 Samuel 13:22And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for disgracing his sister Tamar.
8. 2 Samuel 13:28Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”
9. 2 Samuel 13:32But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar.
10. 2 Samuel 19:43“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 despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah pressed even harder than the men of Israel.
11. Esther 3:5When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.
12. Proverbs 14:17A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.
13. Proverbs 16:32He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
14. Proverbs 25:8do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?
15. Proverbs 26:23Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
16. Jonah 4:3And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
17. Jonah 4:8As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
18. Jonah 4:9Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”
19. Mark 6:19So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,
20. Mark 6:24Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”
21. Ephesians 4:26“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
22. James 1:19My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

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