Font Size
Ecclesiastes 7:9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Ecclesiastes 7:9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
9 Do not be quick to anger,
for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.(A)
Ecclesiastes 7:9
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 7:9
New International Version
James 1:19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
James 1:19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Hearing and Doing the Word
19 You must understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger,(A)
Read full chapter
James 1:19
New International Version
James 1:19
New International Version
Listening and Doing
19 My dear brothers and sisters,(A) take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak(B) and slow to become angry,
Proverbs 14:17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Proverbs 14:17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 One who is quick-tempered acts foolishly,
and the schemer is hated.(A)
Proverbs 14:17
New International Version
Proverbs 14:17
New International Version
Ephesians 4:26-27
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Ephesians 4:26-27
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
26 Be angry but do not sin;[a] do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27 and do not make room for the devil.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 4.26 Or If you are angry, do not sin
Ephesians 4:26-27
New International Version
Ephesians 4:26-27
New International Version
26 “In your anger do not sin”[a]:(A) Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27 and do not give the devil a foothold.(B)
Footnotes
- Ephesians 4:26 Psalm 4:4 (see Septuagint)
Proverbs 16:32
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Proverbs 16:32
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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 16:32
New International Version
Proverbs 16:32
New International Version
32 Better a patient person than a warrior,
one with self-control than one who takes a city.
Proverbs 26:23-26
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Proverbs 26:23-26
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
23 Like the glaze[a] covering an earthen vessel
are smooth[b] lips with an evil heart.
24 An enemy dissembles in speaking
while harboring deceit within;(A)
25 when an enemy speaks graciously, do not believe it,
for there are seven abominations concealed within;(B)
26 though hatred is covered with guile,
the enemy’s wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.(C)
Proverbs 26:23-26
New International Version
Proverbs 26:23-26
New International Version
23 Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware
are fervent[a] lips with an evil heart.
24 Enemies disguise themselves with their lips,(A)
but in their hearts they harbor deceit.(B)
25 Though their speech is charming,(C) do not believe them,
for seven abominations fill their hearts.(D)
26 Their malice may be concealed by deception,
but their wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:23 Hebrew; Septuagint smooth
Mark 6:19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Mark 6:19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
19 And Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not,
Read full chapter
Mark 6:19
New International Version
Mark 6:19
New International Version
19 So Herodias nursed a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she was not able to,
Jonah 4:9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Jonah 4:9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Jonah Is Reproved
9 But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the bush?” And he said, “Yes, angry enough to die.”
Read full chapter
Jonah 4:9
New International Version
Jonah 4:9
New International Version
9 But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?”(A)
“It is,” he said. “And I’m so angry I wish I were dead.”
Esther 3:5-6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Esther 3:5-6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
5 When Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down or do obeisance to him, Haman was infuriated.(A) 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.(B)
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 3.6 Heb lay hands on
Esther 3:5-6
New International Version
Esther 3:5-6
New International Version
5 When Haman saw that Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor, he was enraged.(A) 6 Yet having learned who Mordecai’s people were, he scorned the idea of killing only Mordecai. Instead Haman looked for a way(B) to destroy(C) all Mordecai’s people, the Jews,(D) throughout the whole kingdom of Xerxes.
2 Samuel 19:43
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Samuel 19:43
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
43 But the people of Israel answered the people of Judah, “We have ten shares in the king, and in David also we have more than you. Why then did you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of bringing back our king?” But the words of the people of Judah were fiercer than the words of the people of Israel.(A)
Read full chapter
2 Samuel 19:43
New International Version
2 Samuel 19:43
New International Version
43 Then the men of Israel(A) answered the men of Judah, “We have ten shares in the king; so we have a greater claim on David than you have. Why then do you treat us with contempt? Weren’t we the first to speak of bringing back our king?”
But the men of Judah pressed their claims even more forcefully than the men of Israel.
2 Samuel 13:22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Samuel 13:22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
22 But Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon because he had raped his sister Tamar.(A)
Read full chapter
2 Samuel 13:22
New International Version
2 Samuel 13:22
New International Version
22 And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad;(A) he hated(B) Amnon because he had disgraced his sister Tamar.
1 Samuel 25:21-22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Samuel 25:21-22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
21 Now David had said, “Surely it was in vain that I protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him, but he has returned me evil for good.(A) 22 God do so to David[a] and more also if by morning I leave so much as one male of all who belong to him.”(B)
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 25.22 Gk Compare Syr: Heb the enemies of David
1 Samuel 25:21-22
New International Version
1 Samuel 25:21-22
New International Version
21 David had just said, “It’s been useless—all my watching over this fellow’s property in the wilderness so that nothing of his was missing.(A) He has paid(B) me back evil(C) for good. 22 May God deal with David,[a] be it ever so severely,(D) if by morning I leave alive one male(E) of all who belong to him!”
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 25:22 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew with David’s enemies
Genesis 34:30-31
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Genesis 34:30-31
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me odious to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites; my numbers are few, and if they gather themselves against me and attack me, I shall be destroyed, both I and my household.”(A) 31 But they said, “Should our sister be treated like a prostitute?”
Read full chapter
Genesis 34:30-31
New International Version
Genesis 34:30-31
New International Version
30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble(A) on me by making me obnoxious(B) to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in this land.(C) We are few in number,(D) and if they join forces against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
31 But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?(E)”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)
New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.