¹² Because of this the king was angry and full of wrath, and gave orders for the destruction of all the wise men of Babylon.

¹³ Then Nebuchadnezzar in his wrath and passion gave orders for Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego to be sent for. Then they made these men come in before the king.

¹⁹ Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of wrath, and the form of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: and he gave orders that the fire was to be heated up seven times more than it was generally heated.

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²² But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire.

¹⁶ Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was very angry; and he sent out, and put to death all the male children in Beth-lehem and in all the parts round about it, from two years old and under, acting on the knowledge which he had got with care from the wise men.

⁵ The king made answer and said to the Chaldaeans, This is my decision: if you do not make clear to me the dream and the sense of it, you will be cut in bits and your houses made waste.

²² An angry man is the cause of fighting, and a man given to wrath does much wrong.

³ A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.

⁴ Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?

² The wrath of a king is like the loud cry of a lion: he who makes him angry does wrong against himself.

¹² The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.

¹⁴ The wrath of the king is like those who give news of death, but a wise man will put peace in place of it.

² For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.