Proverbs 14:17

New English Translation

A person who has a quick temper does foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes is hated.

Cross References

2 Kings 5:12

The rivers of Damascus, the Abana and Pharpar, are better than any of the waters of Israel! Could I not wash in them and be healed?” So he turned around and went away angry.

Esther 3:6

But the thought of striking out against Mordecai alone was repugnant to him, for he had been informed of the identity of Mordecai’s people. So Haman sought to destroy all the Jews (that is, the people of Mordecai) who were in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.

Proverbs 12:16

A fool’s annoyance is known at once, but the prudent overlooks an insult.

Proverbs 12:2

A good person obtains favor from the Lord, but the Lord condemns a person with wicked schemes.

Proverbs 14:16

A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is overconfident.

Proverbs 14:18

The naive inherit folly, but the shrewd are crowned with knowledge.

Proverbs 14:29

The one who is slow to anger has great understanding, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.

Proverbs 15:18

A quick-tempered person stirs up dissension, but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel.

Proverbs 16:32

Better to be slow to anger than to be a mighty warrior, and one who controls his temper is better than one who captures a city.

Proverbs 20:3

It is an honor for a person to cease from strife, but every fool quarrels.

Proverbs 22:24

Do not make friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a wrathful person,

Proverbs 29:22

An angry person stirs up dissension, and a wrathful person is abounding in transgression.

Proverbs 6:18

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

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not let yourself be quickly provoked, for anger resides in the lap of fools.

Isaiah 32:7

A deceiver’s methods are evil; he dreams up evil plans to ruin the poor with lies, even when the needy are in the right.

James 1:19

Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.