Commentary for Pesachim 132:7

ר"ל אמר כל אדם שכועס אם חכם הוא חכמתו מסתלקת ממנו אם נביא הוא נבואתו מסתלקת ממנו אם חכם הוא חכמתו מסתלקת ממנו ממשה דכתיב (במדבר לא, יד) ויקצוף משה על פקודי החיל וגו' וכתיב (במדבר לא, כא) ויאמר אלעזר הכהן אל אנשי הצבא הבאים למלחמה זאת חוקת התורה אשר צוה ה' את משה וגו' מכלל דמשה איעלם מיניה

R. Mani b. Pattish said: Whoever becomes angry, even if greatness has been decreed for him by Heaven, is cast down. Whence do we know it? From Eliab, for it is said, and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said: 'Why art thou come down? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy presumptuousness, and the naughtiness of thy heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.' And when Samuel went to anoint him [sc. a king], of all [David's brothers] it is written, neither hath the Lord chosen this, whereas of Eliab it is written, But the Lord saith unto Samuel, 'Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him': hence it follows that He had favoured him until then.

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