Proverbs 14:17

A Conservative Version

He who is soon angry will deal foolishly. And a man of wicked devices is hated.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:29

He who is slow to anger is of great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exalts folly.

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in transgression.

James 1:19

Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

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

Proverbs 15:18

A wrathful man stirs up contention, but he who is slow to anger appeases strife.

Proverbs 22:24

Make no friendship with a man who is given to anger, and thou shall not go with a wrathful man,

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.

Isaiah 32:7

And the instruments of the churl are evil. He devises wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

Proverbs 12:16

A fool's vexation is instantly known, but a prudent man conceals shame.

Proverbs 12:2

A good man shall obtain favor of LORD, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.

Proverbs 6:18

a heart that devises wicked purposes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

Esther 3:6

But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai

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.

Proverbs 14:16

A wise man fears, and departs from evil, but the fool bears himself insolently, and is confident.

Proverbs 14:18

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

Proverbs 20:3

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