Proverbs 14:17

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.

Cross References

2 Kings 5:12

Aren't Amanah and Parpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Yisra'el? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

Esther 3:6

But he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordekhai alone, for they had made known to him Mordekhai's people. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Achashverosh, even the Mordekhai's people.

Proverbs 12:16

A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.

Proverbs 12:2

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

Proverbs 14:16

A wise man fears, and shuns evil, but the fool is hotheaded and reckless.

Proverbs 14:18

The simple inherit 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 quick temper displays folly.

Proverbs 15:18

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

Proverbs 16:32

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one 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

Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger:

Proverbs 29:22

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

Proverbs 6:18

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

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

Isaiah 32:7

The ways of the scoundrel are evil. He devises wicked devices to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

James 1:19

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;