1Sa 25:21-22, 2Sa 19:43, Est 3:5-6, Pro 14:17, 16:32, Jon 4:9 | ESV | STEP | Now David had said , Surely in vain have I guarded all that this fellow has in the wilderness , so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him, and he has returned me evil for good .

g[See ver. 2 above]

1 Samuel 25:21-22

21 Now David had said, “Surely in vain have I guarded all that this fellow has in the wilderness, ^aso that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him, and he has ^breturned me evil for good. 22 ^cGod do so to the enemies of David ^{▼▼Septuagint to David} and more also, if by morning I leave so much as one male of all who belong to him.”

2 Samuel 19:43

43 And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, “We have ^eten shares in the king, and in David also we have more than you. Why then did you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of bringing back our king?” ^fBut the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

Esther 3:5-6

5 And when Haman saw that ^gMordecai did not bow down or pay homage to him, Haman was ^hfilled with fury. 6 But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone. So, as they had made known to him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus.

Proverbs 14:17

17 A man of ⁱquick temper acts foolishly,
and a man of evil devices is hated.

Proverbs 16:32

32 ^jWhoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

Jonah 4:9

9 But God said to Jonah, ^k“Do you do well to be angry for the plant?” And he said, “Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.”