Proverbs 14:17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁷ A man of quick temper acts foolishly, but a man of discretion is patient.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ The impatient man shall work folly: and the crafty man is hateful.

Proverbs 14:17 Cross References

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?” So he turned and went away in a rage.

Esther 3:6

But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone. So, as they had made known to him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasu-erus.

Proverbs 12:16

The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent man ignores an insult.

Proverbs 12:2

A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of evil devices he condemns.

Proverbs 14:16

A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is careless.

Proverbs 14:18

The simple acquire folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

Proverbs 14:29

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

Proverbs 15:18

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.

Proverbs 16:32

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

Proverbs 20:3

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.

Proverbs 22:24

Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man,

Proverbs 29:22

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

Proverbs 6:18

a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil,

Ecclesiastes 7:9

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

Isaiah 32:7

The knaveries of the knave are evil; he devises wicked devices to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is right.

James 1:19

Know this, my beloved brethren. Let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,