A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood,

Pride [goes] before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.

Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, And before honor [is] humility.

Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And beatings for the backs of fools.

When Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow or pay him homage, Haman was filled with wrath.

But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had told him of the people of Mordecai. Instead, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who [were] throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus -- the people of Mordecai.

The end of a thing [is] better than its beginning; The patient in spirit [is] better than the proud in spirit.

Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry, For anger rests in the bosom of fools.

Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men.