Ecclesiastes 7:9
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9 (A)Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry,
For anger rests in the bosom of fools.
James 1:19
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19 [a]So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, (A)slow to speak, (B)slow to wrath;
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- James 1:19 NU Know this or This you know
Proverbs 14:17
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17 A quick-tempered man acts foolishly,
And a man of wicked intentions is hated.
Ephesians 4:26-27
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26 (A)“Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, 27 (B)nor give [a]place to the devil.
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- Ephesians 4:27 an opportunity
Proverbs 16:32
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32 (A)He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
And he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
Proverbs 26:23-26
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23 Fervent lips with a wicked heart
Are like earthenware covered with silver dross.
24 He who hates, disguises it with his lips,
And lays up deceit within himself;
25 (A)When [a]he speaks kindly, do not believe him,
For there are seven abominations in his heart;
26 Though his hatred is covered by deceit,
His wickedness will be revealed before the assembly.
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- Proverbs 26:25 Lit. his voice is gracious
Mark 6:19
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19 Therefore Herodias [a]held it against him and wanted to kill him, but she could not;
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- Mark 6:19 held a grudge
Jonah 4:9
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9 Then God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?”
And he said, “It is right for me to be angry, even to death!”
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Esther 3:5-6
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5 When Haman saw that Mordecai (A)did not bow or pay him homage, Haman was (B)filled with wrath. 6 But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had told him of the people of Mordecai. Instead, Haman (C)sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus—the people of Mordecai.
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2 Samuel 19:43
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43 And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, “We have (A)ten shares in the king; therefore we also have more right to David than you. Why then do you despise us—were we not the first to advise bringing back our king?”
Yet (B)the words of the men of Judah were [a]fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
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- 2 Samuel 19:43 harsher
2 Samuel 13:22
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22 And Absalom spoke to his brother Amnon (A)neither good nor bad. For Absalom (B)hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
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1 Samuel 25:21-22
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21 Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belongs to him. And he has (A)repaid me evil for good. 22 (B)May God do so, and more also, to the enemies of David, if I (C)leave (D)one male of all who belong to him by morning light.”
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Genesis 34:30-31
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30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, (A)“You have (B)troubled me (C)by making me obnoxious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; (D)and since I am few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and kill me. I shall be destroyed, my household and I.”
31 But they said, “Should he treat our sister like a harlot?”
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Genesis 34:7-8
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7 And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved and very angry, because he (A)had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, (B)a thing which ought not to be done. 8 But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.
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2 Samuel 13:28
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28 Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, “Watch now, when Amnon’s (A)heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon!’ then kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and [a]valiant.”
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- 2 Samuel 13:28 Lit. sons of valor
Genesis 34:25-26
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25 Now it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, (A)Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and came boldly upon the city and killed all the males. 26 And they (B)killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and went out.
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Genesis 4:8
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8 Now Cain [a]talked with Abel his [b]brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and (A)killed him.
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- Genesis 4:8 Lit. said to
- Genesis 4:8 Sam., LXX, Syr., Vg. add “Let us go out to the field.”
Genesis 4:5-6
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5 but He did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
6 So the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen?
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Mark 6:24
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24 So she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?”
And she said, “The head of John the Baptist!”
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2 Samuel 13:32
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32 Then (A)Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, answered and said, “Let not my lord suppose they have killed all the young men, the king’s sons, for only Amnon is dead. For by the command of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
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