“Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.”
The warning against swift anger, which lodges in the heart of fools, contrasts emotional control with foolish reactivity. The image of anger lodging in the heart suggests that it takes up residence, persisting and corrupting from within. This verse implies that the wise person cultivates emotional discipline, not through denial but through the deliberate choice to set aside reactive feelings.
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