Proverbs 29:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²² One given to anger stirs up strife, and the hothead causes much transgression.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² An angry man stirreth up strife, And a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² A man of wrath stirs up strife, and a man given to anger commits and causes much transgression.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.

Common English Bible

²² Angry people stir up conflict; hotheads cause much offense.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² A short-tempered man provokes quarrels. And whoever is easily angered is more likely to sin.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² A passionate man provoketh quarrels: and he that is easily stirred up to wrath, shall be more prone to sin.

Proverbs 29:22 Cross References

Genesis 49:7

Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

Proverbs 14:17

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

Proverbs 15:18

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

Proverbs 17:19

One who loves transgression loves strife; one who builds a high threshold invites broken bones.

Proverbs 22:24

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

Proverbs 26:21

As charcoal is to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.

Proverbs 27:17

Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens the wits of another.

Proverbs 29:21

A slave pampered from childhood will come to a bad end.

Proverbs 30:33

For as pressing milk produces curds and pressing the nose produces blood, so pressing anger produces strife.

James 3:16

For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind.