Job 5:2

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For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you, or the rock be removed out of its place?

But God said to Jonah, "Do you do well to be angry for the plant?" And he said, "Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die."

The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good.

I say to the boastful, 'Do not boast,' and to the wicked, 'Do not lift up your horn;

The stupid man cannot know; the fool cannot understand this:

Some were fools through their sinful ways, and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;

"How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?

O simple ones, learn prudence; O fools, learn sense.

Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.

Ephraim is like a dove, silly and without sense, calling to Egypt, going to Assyria.

For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions,

The LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen?

Because of this the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.