¹⁷ He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, And a crafty man is hated.

²⁹ He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who has a quick temper displays folly.

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

¹⁹ So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

⁹ Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

³² One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; One who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

¹⁸ A wrathful man stirs up contention, But one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

²⁶ For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

²⁷ As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and grew rich.

²⁸ They are grew fat, they shine: yes, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they don't plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy they don't judge.

²⁹ Shall I not visit for these things? says Yahweh; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

⁷ The instruments of the churl are evil: he devises wicked devices to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

²⁴ Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, And don't associate with one who harbors anger:

¹⁶ A fool shows his annoyance the same day, But one who overlooks an insult is prudent.

² A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, But he will condemn a man of wicked devices.

¹⁸ A heart that devises wicked schemes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

⁵ Then spoke the king Ahasuerus and said to Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that dared presume in his heart to do so?

⁶ Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

⁶ But he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai: therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.