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Ecclesiastes 7

Eccl. 7:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Be not hasty
bahal (Hebrew #926)
to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously
KJV usage: be (make) affrighted (afraid, amazed, dismayed, rash), (be, get, make) haste(-n, -y, -ily), (give) speedy(-ily), thrust out, trouble, vex.
Pronounce: baw-hal'
Origin: a primitive root
in thy spirit
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
to be angry
ka`ac (Hebrew #3707)
to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant
KJV usage: be angry, be grieved, take indignation, provoke (to anger, unto wrath), have sorrow, vex, be wroth.
Pronounce: kaw-as'
Origin: a primitive root
: for anger
ka`ac (Hebrew #3708)
or (in Job) kaoas {kah'-as}; from 3707; vexation: -anger, angry, grief, indignation, provocation, provoking, X sore, sorrow, spite, wrath.
Pronounce: kah'-as
resteth
nuwach (Hebrew #5117)
to rest, i.e. settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, let fall, place, let alone, withdraw, give comfort, etc.)
KJV usage: cease, be confederate, lay, let down, (be) quiet, remain, (cause to, be at, give, have, make to) rest, set down. Compare 3241.
Pronounce: noo'-akh
Origin: a primitive root
in the bosom
cheyq (Hebrew #2436)
and chowq {khoke}; from an unused root, apparently meaning to inclose; the bosom (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bosom, bottom, lap, midst, within.
Pronounce: khake
Origin: or cheq {khake}
of fools
kciyl (Hebrew #3684)
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
KJV usage: fool(-ish).
Pronounce: kes-eel'
Origin: from 3688
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hasty.
1 Sam. 25:21‑22• 21Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that was his; and he has requited me evil for good.
 22So, and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that is his by the morning light any male. (1 Sam. 25:21‑22)
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2 Sam. 19:43• 43And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye; and why didst thou slight me? and was not my advice the first, to bring back my king? And the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words of the men of Israel. (2 Sam. 19:43)
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Esther 3:5‑6• 5And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not down, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
 6But he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shown him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that [were] throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, the people of Mordecai. (Esther 3:5‑6)
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Prov. 14:17• 17One soon angry dealeth foolishly,{HR}And a man of mischievous devices is hated. (Prov. 14:17)
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Prov. 16:32• 32The slow to anger [is] better than the mighty;{HR}And he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. (Prov. 16:32)
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Jonah 4:9• 9And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death. (Jonah 4:9)
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Eph. 4:26‑27• 26Be angry and sin not: let not the sun set upon your wrath,
 27nor yet give room for the devil. (Eph. 4:26‑27)
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James 1:19• 19Ye know [it], my brethren beloved, but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; (James 1:19)
anger.
Gen. 4:5‑6,8• 5but to Cain and to his offering he had not respect: And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
 6And Jehovah said to Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
 8And Cain said to Abel his brother… And it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. (Gen. 4:5‑6,8)
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Gen. 34:7‑8,25‑26,30‑31• 7And Jacob's sons came from the field when they heard [it], and the men were grieved, and they were greatly inflamed, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; for so it ought not to be done.
 8And Hamor spoke to them, saying, My son Shechem's soul longeth for your daughter: I pray you, give her him to wife.
 25And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took each his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
 26And Hamor and Shechem his son they slew with the edge of the sword; and they took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
 30And Jacob said to Simeon and to Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and I [am] few in number, and they will gather themselves together against me, and smite me, and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
 31And they said, As with a harlot should he deal with our sister? (Gen. 34:7‑8,25‑26,30‑31)
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2 Sam. 13:22,28,32• 22And Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had humbled his sister Tamar.
 28And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Smite Amnon; then slay him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
 32And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead; for by the appointment of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he humbled his sister Tamar. (2 Sam. 13:22,28,32)
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Prov. 26:23‑26• 23Ardent lips, and a wicked heart{HR}[Are] an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
 24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips,{HR}But he layeth up deceit within him
 25When his voice is gracious, believe him not,{HR}For [there are] seven abominations in his heart.
 26Though hatred is covered by dissimulation,{HR}His wickedness shall be made manifest in the congregation. (Prov. 26:23‑26)
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Mark 6:19,24• 19But Herodias kept it [in her mind] against him, and wished to kill him, and could not:
 24And she went out, and said to her mother, What should I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. (Mark 6:19,24)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Be not hasty in thy spirit to be vexed; for vexation resteth in the bosom of fools.

W. Kelly Translation

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Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry:{HR}For anger resteth in the bosom of fools.