A man of quick temper acts foolishly, and a man of evil devices is hated.
Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
A man of wrath stirs up strife, and one given to anger causes much transgression.
Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the heart of fools.
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.
Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man,
Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
For wicked men are found among my people; they lurk like fowlers lying in wait. They set a trap; they catch men. Like a cage full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; therefore they have become great and rich; they have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of evil; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy. Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord, and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?”
As for the scoundrel—his devices are evil; he plans wicked schemes to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is right.
The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult.
A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of evil devices he condemns.
a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil,
Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, who has dared to do this?” And Esther said, “A foe and enemy! This wicked Haman!” Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.
But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone. So, as they had made known to him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus.
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