Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman, do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother's nakedness?
“Scoffer” is the name of the arrogant, haughty man who acts with arrogant pride.
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.
A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.
A man of great wrath will pay the penalty, for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.
A king's wrath is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.
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