(A)Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath!
    (B)Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

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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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29 Whoever is (A)slow to anger has great understanding,
    but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

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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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32 (A)Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
    and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

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32 Better a patient person than a warrior,
    one with self-control than one who takes a city.

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31 (A)Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

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31 Get rid of(A) all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.(B)

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26 (A)Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

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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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Footnotes

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

14 But if you have bitter (A)jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 15 This is not (B)the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, (C)demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. 17 But (D)the wisdom from above is first pure, then (E)peaceable, gentle, open to reason, (F)full of mercy and good fruits, (G)impartial and (H)sincere. 18 And (I)a harvest of righteousness (J)is sown in peace by those who make peace.

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14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition(A) in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.(B) 15 Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven(C) but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.(D) 16 For where you have envy and selfish ambition,(E) there you find disorder and every evil practice.

17 But the wisdom that comes from heaven(F) is first of all pure; then peace-loving,(G) considerate, submissive, full of mercy(H) and good fruit, impartial and sincere.(I) 18 Peacemakers(J) who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.(K)

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Hearing and Doing the Word

19 (A)Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person (B)be quick to hear, (C)slow to speak, (D)slow to anger; 20 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

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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, 20 because human anger(C) does not produce the righteousness that God desires.

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But now (A)you must put them all away: (B)anger, wrath, malice, (C)slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.

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But now you must also rid yourselves(A) of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander,(B) and filthy language from your lips.(C)

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Surely vexation kills the fool,
    and jealousy slays the simple.

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

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54 And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Lord, do you want us to tell (A)fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”[a] 55 But he turned and rebuked them.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 9:54 Some manuscripts add as Elijah did
  2. Luke 9:55 Some manuscripts add And he said, “You do not know what manner of spirit you are of; 56for the Son of Man came not to destroy people's lives but to save them”

54 When the disciples James and John(A) saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them[a]?”(B) 55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them.

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  1. Luke 9:54 Some manuscripts them, just as Elijah did

Jonah's Anger and the Lord's Compassion

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly,[a] and (A)he was angry.

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  1. Jonah 4:1 Hebrew it was exceedingly evil to Jonah

Jonah’s Anger at the Lord’s Compassion

But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry.(A)

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But God said to Jonah, (A)“Do you do well to be angry for the plant?” And he said, “Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.”

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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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22 I had said in my (A)alarm,[a]
    “I am (B)cut off from (C)your sight.”
But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy
    when I cried to you for help.

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  1. Psalm 31:22 Or in my haste

22 In my alarm(A) I said,
    “I am cut off(B) from your sight!”
Yet you heard my cry(C) for mercy
    when I called to you for help.

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