Numbers 22:27Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And when the ass saw the angel standing, she fell under the feet of the rider: who being angry beat her sides more vehemently with a staff.
וַתֵּ֤רֶא הָֽאָתוֹן֙ אֶת־מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה וַתִּרְבַּ֖ץ תַּ֣חַת בִּלְעָ֑ם וַיִּֽחַר־אַ֣ף בִּלְעָ֔ם וַיַּ֥ךְ אֶת־הָאָת֖וֹן בַּמַּקֵּֽל׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 14:16A wise man feareth, and declineth from evil: the fool leapeth over, and is confident.
- Jas 1:19You know, my dearest brethren. And let every man be swift to hear, but slow to speak and slow to anger.
- Prov 27:3A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.
- Prov 27:4Anger hath no mercy: nor fury, when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?