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For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.(Ecclesiastes 7:6)
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.(Ecclesiastes 7:7)
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.(Ecclesiastes 7:8)
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.(Ecclesiastes 7:10)
Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.(Ecclesiastes 7:11)
For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.(Ecclesiastes 7:12)

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Ecclesiastes 7:9 - Cross Reference

Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant. (2 Samuel 13:28)
And 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)
And Cain talked with 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. (Genesis 4:8)
Now 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 pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good. (1 Samuel 25:21)
And 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: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel. (2 Samuel 19:43)
Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not: (Mark 6:19)
And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. (Esther 3:5)
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: (Ephesians 4:26)
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. (Genesis 34:25)
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: (James 1:19)
And 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 hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar. (2 Samuel 13:32)
And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter: which thing ought not to be done. (Genesis 34:7)
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. (Genesis 34:30)
And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. (2 Samuel 13:22)
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. (Proverbs 26:23)
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. (Proverbs 16:32)
And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. (Mark 6:24)
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated. (Proverbs 14:17)
But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. (Genesis 4:5)