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Ecclesiastes 7:8-9
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8 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning,
    and (A)the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9 (B)Be not quick in your spirit to become angry,
    (C)for anger lodges in the heart[a] of fools.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 7:9 Hebrew in the bosom
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