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Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath.
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“Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath.”

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King James Bible — Ephesians 4:26
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1611
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King James Version translation committees · from Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic / Koine Greek
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Meaning of “Be ye angry, and sin not: let not…”

The verse acknowledges anger while placing boundaries on what is done with it and how long it is allowed to govern a relationship.

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Ephesians 4:26 in the King James Version.

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Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
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“Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:”

Ephesians · King James Bible — Ephesians 4:26 · 1611
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Anger is acknowledged without giving it unlimited permission: the emphasis is on preventing the emotion from becoming harmful conduct or prolonged resentment.

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Ephesians 4:26 in the King James Version, in a section about truthful speech, reconciliation, and conduct within community.

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If he trespass against thee seven times in a day ... thou shalt forgive him.
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“If he trespass against thee seven times in a day ... thou shalt forgive him.”

Jesus · King James Bible — Luke 17:4 · 1611
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Repeated offence makes forgiveness harder, which is exactly the point of the passage: the moral demand is not limited to the first easy opportunity to forgive.

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Luke 17:4 in the King James Version; the middle repetition is shortened with an ellipsis while preserving the verse’s instruction.

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The greatest remedy for anger is delay.
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“The greatest remedy for anger is delay.”

Seneca · Of Anger, Book II · c. 45
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Delay interrupts the first impulse of anger and gives judgment time to test whether the perceived offence deserves the reaction it initially provoked.

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On Anger, Book II, section XXIX, Aubrey Stewart’s public-domain translation in Minor Dialogues, cross-checked against Project Gutenberg #64576 and the complete Wikisource Book II transcription. “The greatest remedy for anger is delay” opens Seneca’s practical argument that postponement lets judgment test an offence and can allow anger to subside. It is Roman Stoic moral philosophy rather than modern psychotherapy or clinical anger-management evidence.

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I wish'd the man a dinner, and sat still.
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“I wish'd the man a dinner, and sat still.”

Alexander Pope · Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot · 1735
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The satirical speaker portrays restraint as refusing to escalate a literary attack, answering hostility with a comic wish that the critic’s need might be relieved.

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An Epistle from Mr. Pope to Dr. Arbuthnot (1735 first-edition scan), printed page 8 / scan leaf 14, around lines 148–150. After saying Gildon drew his “venal quill,” Pope says he wished him a dinner and did not answer the attack. The first edition reads “sate still,” while the later/normalized Gutenberg #9800 witness underlying the frozen catalog reads “sat still”; this collection wording is retained and the witness variation is disclosed rather than silently rewritten.

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