Proverbs 14:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.”
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“A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.”
King James Version · Public Domain“He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 14:17 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Esther 3:6And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.
- Esther 7:5Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”
- Proverbs 6:18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
- Proverbs 12:2The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.
- Proverbs 12:16A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
- Proverbs 14:29A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
- Proverbs 15:18A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
- Proverbs 16:32He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
- Proverbs 20:3It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.
- Proverbs 22:24Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
- Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
- Ecclesiastes 7:9Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
- Isaiah 32:7The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
- Jeremiah 5:26For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
- James 1:19My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
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