26 “In your anger do not sin”[a]:(A) Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,

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  1. Ephesians 4:26 Psalm 4:4 (see Septuagint)

Tremble and[a] do not sin;(A)
    when you are on your beds,(B)
    search your hearts and be silent.

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  1. Psalm 4:4 Or In your anger (see Septuagint)

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,

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Refrain from anger(A) and turn from wrath;
    do not fret(B)—it leads only to evil.

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31 Get rid of(A) all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.(B) 32 Be kind and compassionate to one another,(C) forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.(D)

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Do not be quickly provoked(A) in your spirit,
    for anger resides in the lap of fools.(B)

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29 Whoever is patient has great understanding,(A)
    but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.(B)

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11 A person’s wisdom yields patience;(A)
    it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.

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19 Do not take revenge,(A) my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”[a](B) says the Lord. 20 On the contrary:

“If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
    if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.”[b](C)

21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

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  1. Romans 12:19 Deut. 32:35
  2. Romans 12:20 Prov. 25:21,22

22 But I tell you that anyone who is angry(A) with a brother or sister[a][b] will be subject to judgment.(B) Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’[c] is answerable to the court.(C) And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.(D)

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  1. Matthew 5:22 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a fellow disciple, whether man or woman; also in verse 23.
  2. Matthew 5:22 Some manuscripts brother or sister without cause
  3. Matthew 5:22 An Aramaic term of contempt

When I heard their outcry and these charges, I was very angry. I pondered them in my mind and then accused the nobles and officials. I told them, “You are charging your own people interest!”(A) So I called together a large meeting to deal with them and said: “As far as possible, we have bought(B) back our fellow Jews who were sold to the Gentiles. Now you are selling your own people, only for them to be sold back to us!” They kept quiet, because they could find nothing to say.(C)

So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach(D) of our Gentile enemies? 10 I and my brothers and my men are also lending the people money and grain. But let us stop charging interest!(E) 11 Give back to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves and houses, and also the interest(F) you are charging them—one percent of the money, grain, new wine and olive oil.”

12 “We will give it back,” they said. “And we will not demand anything more from them. We will do as you say.”

Then I summoned the priests and made the nobles and officials take an oath(G) to do what they had promised. 13 I also shook(H) out the folds of my robe and said, “In this way may God shake out of their house and possessions anyone who does not keep this promise. So may such a person be shaken out and emptied!”

At this the whole assembly said, “Amen,”(I) and praised the Lord. And the people did as they had promised.

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He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored.

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21 He said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you, that you led them into such great sin?”

22 “Do not be angry,(A) my lord,” Aaron answered. “You know how prone these people are to evil.(B)

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23 Like a north wind that brings unexpected rain
    is a sly tongue—which provokes a horrified look.

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24 “Aaron will be gathered to his people.(A) He will not enter the land I give the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against my command(B) at the waters of Meribah.(C)

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10 He and Aaron gathered the assembly together(A) in front of the rock and Moses said to them, “Listen, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”(B) 11 Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water(C) gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.

12 But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy(D) in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them.”(E)

13 These were the waters of Meribah,[a](F) where the Israelites quarreled(G) with the Lord and where he was proved holy among them.(H)

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  1. Numbers 20:13 Meribah means quarreling.

14 When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.(A)

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30 But Phinehas(A) stood up and intervened,
    and the plague was checked.(B)
31 This was credited to him(C) as righteousness
    for endless generations(D) to come.
32 By the waters of Meribah(E) they angered the Lord,
    and trouble came to Moses because of them;
33 for they rebelled(F) against the Spirit(G) of God,
    and rash words came from Moses’ lips.[a](H)

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  1. Psalm 106:33 Or against his spirit, / and rash words came from his lips

When Phinehas(A) son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, saw this, he left the assembly, took a spear(B) in his hand and followed the Israelite into the tent. He drove the spear into both of them, right through the Israelite man and into the woman’s stomach. Then the plague against the Israelites was stopped;(C) but those who died in the plague(D) numbered 24,000.(E)

10 The Lord said to Moses, 11 “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites.(F) Since he was as zealous for my honor(G) among them as I am, I did not put an end to them in my zeal.

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All these officials of yours will come to me, bowing down before me and saying, ‘Go,(A) you and all the people who follow you!’ After that I will leave.”(B) Then Moses, hot with anger, left Pharaoh.

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15 Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor(A) and are counting on it.(B) Otherwise they may cry to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.(C)

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