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TSK · Proverbs 14:17

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And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that [were] throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, [even] the people of Mordecai.

An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

¶ A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man] covereth shame.

¶ A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but [he that is] slow to anger appeaseth strife.

¶ [It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

¶ An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

The instruments also of the churl [are] evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

¶ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: