Anger. . .That is, correction, or just wrath and zeal against evil.
7:5. The heart of the wise is where there is mourning, and the heart of fools where there is mirth.
7:6. It is better to be rebuked by a wise man, than to be deceived by the flattery of fools.
7:7. For as the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool: now this also is vanity.
7:8. Oppression troubleth the wise, and shall destroy the strength of his heart.
7:9. Better is the end of a speech than the beginning. Better is the patient man than the presumptuous.
7:10. Be not quickly angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of a fool.
7:11. Say not: What thinkest thou is the cause that former times were better than they are now? for this manner of question is foolish.
7:12. Wisdom with riches is more profitable, and bringeth more advantage to them that see the sun.
7:13. For as wisdom is a defence, so money is a defence: but learning and wisdom excel in this, that they give life to him that possesseth them.