Daniel 2:12

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Daniel 2:12

For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

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Then Nebuchadnezzar, in anger and fury, hath said to bring in Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. Then these men have been brought in before the king.

For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,

For the fierceness of man praiseth Thee, The remnant of fierceness Thou girdest on.

The fury of a king is messengers of death, And a wise man pacifieth it.

The wrath of a king is a growl as of a young lion, And as dew on the herb his good-will.

The fear of a king is a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.

A stone is heavy, and the sand is heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.

An angry man stirreth up contention, And a furious man is multiplying transgression.

Then Herod, having seen that he was deceived by the mages, was very wroth, and having sent forth, he slew all the male children in Beth-Lehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time that he inquired exactly from the mages.

but I -- I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.