Proverbs 14:17

Modern English Version

He who is quick-tempered acts foolishly, and a man of evil schemes is hated.

Cross References

2 Kings 5:12

Are not Abana and Pharpar, 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 only Mordecai, since they had told him of the people of Mordecai. So Haman sought to destroy all the Jews throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus.

Proverbs 12:16

A fool’s anger is shown at once, but a prudent man ignores an insult.

Proverbs 12:2

A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of evil devices will He condemn.

Proverbs 14:16

A wise man fears and departs from evil, but the fool throws off restraint and is careless.

Proverbs 14:18

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

Proverbs 14:29

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

Proverbs 15:18

An angry man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger pacifies a quarrel.

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 cease from strife, but any fool is quick to quarrel.

Proverbs 22:24

Make no friendship with a man of anger, and with a man of fury do not associate,

Proverbs 29:22

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

Proverbs 6:18

a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift in running to evil,

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be quick in your spirit to be angry, for anger settles in the bosom of fools.

Isaiah 32:7

The instruments also of the rogue are evil; he devises wicked schemes to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

James 1:19

Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger,