Proverbs 14:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ One who is quick-tempered acts foolishly, and the schemer is hated.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: And a man of wicked devices is hated.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ He who foams up quickly and flies into a passion deals foolishly, and a man of wicked plots and plans is hated.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Short-tempered people make stupid mistakes, and schemers are hated.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ The impatient will work foolishness. And a resourceful man is hated.

Proverbs 14:17 Cross References

Proverbs 14:29

Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but one who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

Proverbs 29:22

One given to anger stirs up strife, and the hothead causes much transgression.

James 1:19

You must understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger,

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be quick to anger, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.

Proverbs 15:18

Those who are hot-tempered stir up strife, but those who are slow to anger calm contention.

Proverbs 22:24

Make no friends with those given to anger, and do not associate with hotheads,

Proverbs 16:32

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and one whose temper is controlled than one who captures a city.

Isaiah 32:7

The villainies of villains are evil; they devise wicked devices to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is right.

Proverbs 12:16

Fools show their anger at once, but the prudent ignore an insult.

Proverbs 12:2

The good obtain favor from the Lord, but those who devise evil he condemns.

Proverbs 6:18

a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that hurry to run to evil,

Esther 3:6

But he thought it beneath him to kill only Mordecai. So, having been told who Mordecai’s people were, Haman plotted to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus.

2 Kings 5:12

Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” He turned and went away in a rage.

Proverbs 14:16

The wise are cautious and turn away from evil, but the fool throws off restraint and is careless.

Proverbs 14:18

The simple are adorned with folly, but the clever are crowned with knowledge.

Proverbs 20:3

It is honorable to refrain from strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.