Ecclesiastes 7:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. ”

• Ecclesiastes 7:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Proverbs and Reflections. After asking, What is good for man in life? ( Ecclesiastes 6:12 ), Qoheleth gives us advice as to what a man may do by way of mitigating his worries. First of all it is ad...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. Anger resteth in the bosom of fools - A wise man, off his guard, may feel it for a moment: but in him it cannot rest:...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  To be angry;—for anger— To grieve; for grief, &c.] So our translators have rendered the original word, chap. Ecclesiastes 2:23 . See also chap. Ecclesiastes 5:17 and Ecclesiastes 11:10 ;...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. Be not hasty - passionate with excitement, bursting out in complaints against God, and impatient at adversity...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Practical Aphorisms 1-6. Things useful to remember in life. The writer has just warned as that we cannot rely on either the present or the future. We can, however, guide ourselves in the conduct o...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Resteth. — Proverbs 14:33 .

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• Ecclesiastes 7:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THIRD SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Wealth, And In The Golden Mean Ecclesiastes 6:1-12 ; Ecclesiastes 7:1-29 , and Ecclesiastes 8:1-15 IN the foregoing Section Coheleth has shown th...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The preacher now proceeded to the inculcation of indifference toward all the facts of life as the only attitude which is in the least likely to be satisfactory. This he did, first, by a series of max...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. (8) Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. (9...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry ,.... With men, for every word that is said, or action done, that is not agreeable; encourage not, but repress, sudden angry emotions of the mind; be not quick...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. Ver. 9. Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry. ] The hasty man, we say, never wants woe. For wrath is an evil coun...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Better is the end of a thing than the beginning The good or evil of things is better known by their end than by their beginning; which is true, not only respecting evil counsels and practices, whic...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Scenes of Mourning and of Joy.       7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.   8 Better...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Be not angry with any man without due consideration, and just and necessary cause; for otherwise anger is sometimes lawful, and sometimes a duty. Resteth; hath its settled and quiet abode, is their...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Chapter 7 It Is Good To Be Aware of Death, To Listen To Rebuke, To Behave Wisely, Even Though Life Is Unfair. But The World Is Full of Wickedness. The emphasis of the book from now on includes the...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 7:11 . Wisdom is good with an inheritance] Wisdom, though good in itself, yet when joined with ample means imparts a power of doing good to others. Ecclesiastes...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:9 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Ecclesiastes 5:8-7 I. We left Koheleth in the act of exhorting us to fear God. The fear of God, of course, implies a belief in the Divine superintendence of human affairs. This belief Koheleth now...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Ecclesiastes 7:1 . A good name is better than precious ointment. Shem, a name; shemen, ointment. The reference is to the embalming of bodies with ointment. See Genesis 48 . Wisdom and virtue outl...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 7:1 Ecclesiastes 12:8 .—Division II . DEDUCTIONS FROM THE ABOVE - MENTIONED EXPERIENCES IN THE WAY OF WARNINGS AND RULES OF LIFE . Ec...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Contempt of the World and the Spirit Of Calm Resignation

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• Ecclesiastes 7:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Samuel 25:21 ; 1 Samuel 25:22 ; 2 Samuel 13:22 ; 2 Samuel 13:28 ; 2 Samuel 13:32 ; 2 Samuel 19:43 ; Ephesians 4:26 ; Ephesians 4:27 ; Esther 3:5 ; Esther 3:6 ; Genesis 34:25 ; Genesis 3...

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