A great man injured by anger was Moses. When the people murmured & asked for water, Moses was commanded to strike the rock at Horeb.
Out of all patience with the people & their waywardness,
Moses struck the rock twice, crying out as he did so, "Hear, ye
rebels!"
This burst of rage cost Moses the Promised Land, because it
was for this transgression that Moses -
in spite of his grand service & his pathetic pleading at the end of
Israel's long wandering - was not
permitted to go into the land of Canaan.
That was not the first nor the last time that a land of
promise & of happiness was lost through anger.
- (moreillustrations.com)
Js 1:20 (ICB): “Anger will not help you live a good life as
God wants.”
“No matter how just your words may be, you ruin everything
when you speak with anger.” - John
Chrysostom.
“Is it any merit to abstain from wine if one is intoxicated
with anger?” - Augustine.
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