1Understand ye, therefore, the power of wrath, that it is vain.
2For it first of all gives provocation by word; then by deeds it strengtheneth him who is angry, and with sharp losses disturbeth his mind, and so stirreth up with great wrath his soul.
The Testaments of the XII Patriarchs · Restored Names Edition · first paragraph
1Understand ye, therefore, the power of wrath, that it is vain.
2For it first of all gives provocation by word; then by deeds it strengtheneth him who is angry, and with sharp losses disturbeth his mind, and so stirreth up with great wrath his soul.
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