Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”
So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.
You who tear yourself in anger—should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.
I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.
A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?