19 For why else did our most wise father Jacob blame Simeon and Levi for having irrationally slain the whole race of the Shechemites, saying, “Cursed be their anger!”? (WEB) 20 For if reasoning didn’t possess the power of subduing angry affections, he would not have said this. (WEB) 21 For at the time when God created man, he implanted within him his emotions and moral nature. (WEB)
4 Maccabees 2:19–21
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4 Maccabees 3:4–6
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4 Maccabees 13:2–4
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4 Maccabees 7:19–21
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4 Maccabees 18:1–3
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4 Maccabees 1:6–8
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4 Maccabees 6:30–32
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4 Maccabees 3:1–2
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