Proverbs 14:17

Bible in Basic English 1965

He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.

Cross References

2 Kings 5:12

Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not be washed in them and become clean? So turning, he went away in wrath.

Esther 3:6

But it was not enough for him to make an attack on Mordecai only; for they had made clear to him who Mordecai's people were; so Haman made it his purpose to put an end to all the Jews, even Mordecai's people, through all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.

Proverbs 12:16

A foolish man lets his trouble be openly seen, but a sharp man keeps shame secret.

Proverbs 12:2

A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.

Proverbs 14:16

The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.

Proverbs 14:18

Foolish behaviour is the heritage of the simple, but men of good sense are crowned with knowledge.

Proverbs 14:29

He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.

Proverbs 15:18

An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.

Proverbs 16:32

He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.

Proverbs 20:3

It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.

Proverbs 22:24

Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man:

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man is the cause of fighting, and a man given to wrath does much wrong.

Proverbs 6:18

A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin;

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.

Isaiah 32:7

The designs of the false are evil, purposing the destruction of the poor man by false words, even when he is in the right.

James 1:19

You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;