Ecc 7:8-9, 10:4, Dan 3:19-22 | ESV | STEP | Better is the end of a thing than its beginning , and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit .

j[See ver. 12 above]

l[See ver. 12 above]

m[See ver. 20 above]

Ecclesiastes 7:8-9

8 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning,
and ^athe patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9 ^bBe not quick in your spirit to become angry,
^cfor anger lodges in the heart ^{▼▼Hebrew in the bosom} of fools.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

4 If the anger of the ruler rises against you, ^edo not leave your place,
^ffor calmness ^{▼▼Hebrew healing} will lay great offenses to rest.

Daniel 3:19-22

19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was ^hfilled with fury, and the expression of his face ⁱwas changed against ^jShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was usually heated. 20 And he ordered some of the mighty men of his army ^kto bind ^lShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. 21 Then these men were ^mbound in their cloaks, their tunics, ^{▼▼The meaning of the Aramaic words rendered cloaks and tunics is uncertain; also verse 27} their hats, and their other garments, and they were thrown into the burning fiery furnace. 22 Because the king’s order was ^ourgent and the furnace overheated, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up ^pShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.