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

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For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

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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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Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

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

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16 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.

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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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He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

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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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But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

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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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17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

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

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A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

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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.

I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

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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.

14 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

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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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And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?

And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.

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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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30 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

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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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For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

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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.”

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And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.

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