(箴言 19:19)
“暴怒的人，必受刑罰．你若救他，必須再救。”
這是一節非常有意思的經文。在希伯來文的原意中，暴怒這個詞其實帶有有毒的意思。這就像當一個人憤怒的時候，往往會面紅耳赤、血壓上升，整個人都顯得很亢奮。在古代，人們認為被毒蛇咬到的人也會出現類似發燒、發熱、亢奮的反應，所以就把這兩者聯繫在了一起。當一個人極度憤怒時，就如同在噴射毒液，不僅傷害了自己，也傷害了身邊的人。經文提到暴怒的人必受刑罰，這意味著他在法律上或行為上必須承擔相應的責任。因為憤怒會讓人做錯事、犯法，進而傷害他人，因此需要面對罰款甚至刑罰的後果。
接下來經文說，你若救他，必須再救。這句話的意思是，如果你試圖去幫他收拾殘局、處理那些爛攤子，你之後還得繼續這樣做。因為這樣的人往往沒有真正悔改，每一次他鬧出事情或製造麻煩時，你都要去幫他解決。這樣做其實根本幫不了他，甚至還會害了你自己和其他人。這就是我們常說的好心做壞事。當一個人自己決定要放任憤怒，做出傷害自己與他人的事情時，他就必須自己去承擔那個後果。所以，我們千萬不要好心做壞事，而是應該為他祈禱，希望他能有悔改的一天。
(Proverbs 19:19)
“A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.”
This is a very interesting verse. In the original Hebrew, the word for great wrath actually carries a connotation of being poisonous. It is just like when a person is angry, they often flush red, their blood pressure rises, and their whole body becomes highly agitated. In ancient times, people believed that those bitten by a poisonous snake would exhibit similar reactions, such as fever, heat, and agitation, so they connected the two together. When a person is extremely angry, it is as if they are spraying venom, which not only hurts themselves but also harms the people around them. The verse mentions that a man of great wrath shall suffer punishment, which means he must bear the corresponding responsibility legally or behaviorally. Because anger causes people to do wrong things and break the law, thereby hurting others, they must face the consequences of fines or even criminal penalties.
Next, the verse says, for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again. The meaning of this sentence is that if you try to help him clean up his mess and handle those chaotic situations, you will have to keep doing so in the future. Because such a person often has not truly repented, every time he causes an incident or creates trouble, you have to go and resolve it for him. Doing this actually does not help him at all, and it can even harm you and others. This is what we often call doing bad things out of good intentions. When a person decides on their own to indulge their anger and do things that harm themselves and others, they must bear that consequence themselves. Therefore, we must never do bad things out of good intentions, but should instead pray for him, hoping that he will have a day of repentance.
