Bible in Basic English
"Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish."
— Ecclesiastes 7:9, Bible in Basic English
“Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.”
“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.”
“Do not let yourself be quickly provoked, for anger resides in the lap of fools.”
Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.
The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.
The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.
Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.
Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.
Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.
Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.