4 Maccabees 2:19-21

Common English Bible

¹⁹ If this were not the case, why did Jacob our wise ancestor denounce the households of Simeon and Levi for the unreasonable killing of the whole nation of Shechem, saying, “Their anger is cursed”? ²⁰ If clear thinking couldn’t control anger, he wouldn’t have said this. ²¹ When God formed human beings, God planted emotions and character traits inside them.