¹² For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

¹³ Then Nebuchadnezzar in [his] rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.

¹⁹ Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: [therefore] he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

¹⁰ Surely the wrath of man praises you. The survivors of your wrath are restrained.

²² But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'Raca{"Raca" is an Aramaic insult, related to the word for "empty" and conveying the idea of empty-headedness.}!' shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna{Gehenna is another name for Hell that brings to mind an image of a burning garbage dump with dead bodies in it.}.

¹⁶ Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.

⁵ The king answered the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if you don't make known to me the dream and the interpretation of it, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

²² An angry man stirs up strife, And a wrathful man abounds in sin.

³ A stone is heavy, And sand is a burden; But a fool's provocation is heavier than both.

⁴ Wrath is cruel, And anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?

² The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion: He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

¹² The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, But his favor is like dew on the grass.

¹⁴ The king's wrath is a messenger of death, But a wise man will pacify it.

² For resentment kills the foolish man, And jealousy kills the simple.