A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.
A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city
Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”
The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the
The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.
And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead,
A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.