1 Kings 21:4
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4 And Ahab (A)went into his house vexed and sullen because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay down on his bed and turned away his face and would eat no food.
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1 Kings 20:43
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43 And the king of Israel (A)went to his house vexed and sullen and came to Samaria.
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James 1:14
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14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.
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Ephesians 4:27
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27 and (A)give no opportunity to the devil.
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Habakkuk 2:9-12
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9 (A)“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,
(B)to (C)set his nest on high,
to be safe from the reach of harm!
10 You have devised shame for your house
(D)by cutting off many peoples;
you have forfeited your life.
11 For (E)the stone will cry out from the wall,
and the beam from the woodwork respond.
Jonah 4:9
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9 But God said to Jonah, (A)“Do you do well to be angry for the plant?” And he said, “Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.”
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Jonah 4:1
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Jonah's Anger and the Lord's Compassion
4 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly,[a] and (A)he was angry.
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- Jonah 4:1 Hebrew it was exceedingly evil to Jonah
Isaiah 57:20-21
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20 (A)But the wicked are like the tossing sea;
for it cannot be quiet,
and its waters toss up mire and dirt.
21 (B)There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
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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- Ecclesiastes 7:9 Hebrew in the bosom
Ecclesiastes 6:9
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9 Better (A)is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is (B)vanity and a striving after wind.
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Job 5:2
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2 Surely vexation kills the fool,
and jealousy slays the simple.
1 Kings 21:3
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3 But Naboth said to Ahab, “The Lord forbid (A)that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.”
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2 Samuel 13:4
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4 And he said to him, “O son of the king, why are you so haggard morning after morning? Will you not tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.”
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2 Samuel 13:2
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2 And Amnon was so tormented that he made himself ill because of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible to Amnon to do anything to her.
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Numbers 22:13-14
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13 So Balaam rose in the morning and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your own land, for the Lord has refused to let me go with you.” 14 So the princes of Moab rose and went to Balak and said, “Balaam refuses to come with us.”
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Genesis 4:5-8
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5 but (A)for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell. 6 The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? 7 (B)If you do well, will you not be accepted?[a] And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. (C)Its desire is contrary to[b] you, but you must rule over it.”
8 Cain spoke to Abel his brother.[c] And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and (D)killed him.
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- Genesis 4:7 Hebrew will there not be a lifting up [of your face]?
- Genesis 4:7 Or is toward
- Genesis 4:8 Hebrew; Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate add Let us go out to the field
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