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Wilson Mizner

All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it becomes sinful and contradicts the rule of Scripture when it is conceived upon slight and inadequate provocation, and when it continues long.

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Mizner is saying that feeling angry sometimes is natural and unavoidable, so it is not always wrong. However, anger turns into a sin when it arises from minor reasons and lasts for a long time, going against what the Bible teaches.

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