Proverbs 14:17
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17 One who is quick-tempered acts foolishly,
and the schemer is hated.(A)
Proverbs 14:29
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29 Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding,
but one who has a hasty temper exalts folly.(A)
Proverbs 29:22
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22 One given to anger stirs up strife,
and the hothead causes much transgression.(A)
James 1:19
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19 You must understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger,(A)
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Ecclesiastes 7:9
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9 Do not be quick to anger,
for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.(A)
Proverbs 16:32
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32 One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
and one whose temper is controlled than one who captures a city.(A)
Proverbs 15:18
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18 Those who are hot-tempered stir up strife,
but those who are slow to anger calm contention.(A)
Jeremiah 5:26-29
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26 For the wicked are found among my people.
They lie in wait like hunters;
destroyers,[a] they catch humans.(A)
27 Like a cage full of birds,
their houses are full of treachery;
therefore they have become great and rich;(B)
28 they have grown fat and sleek.
They know no limits in deeds of wickedness;
they do not judge with justice
the cause of the orphan, to make it prosper,
and they do not defend the rights of the needy.(C)
29 Shall I not punish them for these things?
says the Lord,
and shall I not bring retribution
on a nation such as this?(D)
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- 5.26 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Isaiah 32:7
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7 The villainies of villains are evil;
they devise wicked devices
to ruin the poor with lying words,
even when the plea of the needy is right.(A)
Proverbs 22:24
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24 Make no friends with those given to anger,
and do not associate with hotheads,
Proverbs 12:16
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16 Fools show their anger at once,
but the prudent ignore an insult.(A)
Proverbs 12:2
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2 The good obtain favor from the Lord,
but those who devise evil he condemns.(A)
Proverbs 6:18
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18 a heart that devises wicked plans,
feet that hurry to run to evil,(A)
Esther 7:5-6
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5 Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, who has presumed to do this?” 6 Esther said, “A foe and an enemy, this wicked Haman!” Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.(A)
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Esther 3:6
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6 But he thought it beneath him to kill[a] only Mordecai. So, having been told who Mordecai’s people were, Haman plotted to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus.(A)
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- 3.6 Heb lay hands on
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