Proverbs 14:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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 Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

Esther 3:6

But he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

Proverbs 12:16

A fool's vexation is presently known: But a prudent man concealeth shame.

Proverbs 12:2

A good man shall obtain favour of the LORD: But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

Proverbs 14:16

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.

Proverbs 14:18

The simple inherit folly: But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

Proverbs 14:29

He that is slow to anger is of great understanding: But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

Proverbs 15:18

A wrathful man stirreth up contention: But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

Proverbs 16:32

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

Proverbs 20:3

It is an honour for a man to keep aloof from strife: But every fool will be quarrelling.

Proverbs 22:24

Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:

Proverbs 29:22

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

Proverbs 6:18

An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, Feet that be swift in running to mischief;

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Isaiah 32:7

The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

James 1:19

Ye know this, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: