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12 The king was furious when he heard this, and he ordered that all the wise men of Babylon be executed.

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13 Then Nebuchadnezzar flew into a rage and ordered that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought before him. When they were brought in,

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16 Herod was furious when he realized that the wise men had outwitted him. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, based on the wise men’s report of the star’s first appearance.

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The Blazing Furnace

19 Nebuchadnezzar was so furious with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that his face became distorted with rage. He commanded that the furnace be heated seven times hotter than usual.

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10 Human defiance only enhances your glory,
    for you use it as a weapon.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 76:10 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.

But the king said to the astrologers, “I am serious about this. If you don’t tell me what my dream was and what it means, you will be torn limb from limb, and your houses will be turned into heaps of rubble!

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22 An angry person starts fights;
    a hot-tempered person commits all kinds of sin.

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A stone is heavy and sand is weighty,
    but the resentment caused by a fool is even heavier.

Anger is cruel, and wrath is like a flood,
    but jealousy is even more dangerous.

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The king’s fury is like a lion’s roar;
    to rouse his anger is to risk your life.

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12 The king’s anger is like a lion’s roar,
    but his favor is like dew on the grass.

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14 The anger of the king is a deadly threat;
    the wise will try to appease it.

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Surely resentment destroys the fool,
    and jealousy kills the simple.

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22 But I say, if you are even angry with someone,[a] you are subject to judgment! If you call someone an idiot,[b] you are in danger of being brought before the court. And if you curse someone,[c] you are in danger of the fires of hell.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 5:22a Some manuscripts add without cause.
  2. 5:22b Greek uses an Aramaic term of contempt: If you say to your brother, ‘Raca.’
  3. 5:22c Greek if you say, ‘You fool.’
  4. 5:22d Greek Gehenna; also in 5:29, 30.

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