For wrath kills a foolish man,
And envy slays a simple one.

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Resentment(A) kills a fool,
    and envy slays the simple.(B)

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(A)Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry,
For anger rests in the bosom of fools.

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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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16 (A)A fool’s wrath is known at once,
But a prudent man covers shame.

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16 Fools(A) show their annoyance at once,(B)
    but the prudent overlook an insult.(C)

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(A)You[a] who tear yourself in anger,
Shall the earth be forsaken for you?
Or shall the rock be removed from its place?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 18:4 Lit. one who tears his soul

You who tear yourself(A) to pieces in your anger,(B)
    is the earth to be abandoned for your sake?
    Or must the rocks be moved from their place?(C)

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but to those who are self-seeking and (A)do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath,

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But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil,(A) there will be wrath and anger.(B)

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Futile Reliance on the Nations

11 “Ephraim(A) also is like a silly dove, without [a]sense—
(B)They call to Egypt,
They go to (C)Assyria.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:11 Lit. heart

11 “Ephraim is like a dove,(A)
    easily deceived and senseless—
now calling to Egypt,(B)
    now turning to Assyria.(C)

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17 Fools, (A)because of their transgression,
And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.

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17 Some became fools(A) through their rebellious ways(B)
    and suffered affliction(C) because of their iniquities.

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(A)A senseless man does not know,
Nor does a fool understand this.

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Senseless people(A) do not know,
    fools do not understand,

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“I said to the boastful, ‘Do not deal boastfully,’
And to the wicked, (A)‘Do not [a]lift up the horn.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 75:4 Raise the head proudly like a horned animal

To the arrogant(A) I say, ‘Boast no more,’(B)
    and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horns.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 75:4 Horns here symbolize strength; also in verses 5 and 10.

Folly of the Godless, and God’s Final Triumph(A)

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

14 The (B)fool has said in his heart,
There is no God.”
They are corrupt,
They have done abominable works,
There is none who does good.

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Psalm 14(A)

For the director of music. Of David.

The fool[a] says in his heart,
    “There is no God.”(B)
They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;
    there is no one who does good.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 14:1 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Psalms denote one who is morally deficient.

Then Saul was very angry, and the saying (A)displeased him; and he said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed only thousands. Now what more can he have but (B)the kingdom?” So Saul [a]eyed David from that day forward.

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  1. 1 Samuel 18:9 Viewed with suspicion

Saul was very angry; this refrain displeased him greatly. “They have credited David with tens of thousands,” he thought, “but me with only thousands. What more can he get but the kingdom?(A) And from that time on Saul kept a close(B) eye on David.

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Jacob’s Children

30 Now when Rachel saw that (A)she bore Jacob no children, Rachel (B)envied her sister, and said to Jacob, “Give me children, (C)or else I die!”

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30 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children,(A) she became jealous of her sister.(B) So she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!”

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For (A)of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,

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They are the kind who worm their way(A) into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires,

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