Ecclesiastes 7:9

Which verses does Ecclesiastes 7:9 point to?

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1. James 1:1926 votes

   My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

2. Proverbs 14:1719 votes

   A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.

3. Proverbs 16:3218 votes

   He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.

4. Ephesians 4:26–2717 votes

   “Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger, and do not give the devil a foothold.

5. Proverbs 26:23–268 votes

   Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart. A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart. …

6. Genesis 34:7–86 votes

   When 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. But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.

7. Genesis 34:30–316 votes

   Then 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.” But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”

8. Genesis 4:5–65 votes

   but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell. “Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen?

9. Genesis 34:25–265 votes

   Three 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. They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.

10. 1 Samuel 25:21–225 votes

    Now David had just said, “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. May God punish David, and ever so severely, if I let one male belonging to Nabal survive until morning.”

11. 2 Samuel 13:225 votes
12. 2 Samuel 13:285 votes
13. 2 Samuel 19:435 votes
14. Esther 3:5–65 votes
15. Mark 6:195 votes
16. Genesis 4:84 votes
17. Jonah 4:94 votes
18. Mark 6:244 votes
19. 2 Samuel 13:323 votes

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 7:9?

The 10 strongest of 19.

• James 1:19 56
• Ephesians 4:26 44
• Ephesians 4:31 29
• Proverbs 14:29 24
• 1 Corinthians 13:4 14
• Proverbs 19:2 11
• Proverbs 14:17 8
• Job 5:2 6
• Mark 6:19 5
• Proverbs 17:14 4