Job 5:2
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2 For wrath kills a foolish man,
And envy slays a simple one.
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.
Proverbs 12:16
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16 (A)A fool’s wrath is known at once,
But a prudent man covers shame.
Job 18:4
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4 (A)You[a] who tear yourself in anger,
Shall the earth be forsaken for you?
Or shall the rock be removed from its place?
Footnotes
- Job 18:4 Lit. one who tears his soul
Romans 2:8
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8 but to those who are self-seeking and (A)do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath,
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Hosea 7:11
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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.
Footnotes
- Hosea 7:11 Lit. heart
Psalm 107:17
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17 Fools, (A)because of their transgression,
And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.
Psalm 92:6
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6 (A)A senseless man does not know,
Nor does a fool understand this.
Psalm 75:4
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4 “I said to the boastful, ‘Do not deal boastfully,’
And to the wicked, (A)‘Do not [a]lift up the horn.
Footnotes
- Psalm 75:4 Raise the head proudly like a horned animal
Psalm 14:1
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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.
1 Samuel 18:8-9
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8 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?” 9 So Saul [a]eyed David from that day forward.
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- 1 Samuel 18:9 Viewed with suspicion
Genesis 30:1
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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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2 Timothy 3:6
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6 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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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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Proverbs 8:5
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5 O you [a]simple ones, understand prudence,
And you fools, be of an understanding heart.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 8:5 naive
Proverbs 1:22-23
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22 “How long, you [a]simple ones, will you love [b]simplicity?
For scorners delight in their scorning,
And fools hate knowledge.
23 Turn at my rebuke;
Surely (A)I will pour out my spirit on you;
I will make my words known to you.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:22 naive
- Proverbs 1:22 naivete
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