Proverbs 14:17

New King James Version

A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, And a man of wicked intentions is hated.

Cross References

2 Kings 5:12

Are not the Abanah and the Pharpar, the 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 Mordecai alone, for they had told him of the people of Mordecai. Instead, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus—the people of Mordecai.

Proverbs 12:16

A fool’s wrath is known at once, But a prudent man covers shame.

Proverbs 12:2

A good man obtains favor from the Lord, But a man of wicked intentions He will condemn.

Proverbs 14:16

A wise man fears and departs from evil, But a fool rages and is self-confident.

Proverbs 14:18

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

Proverbs 14:29

He who is slow to wrath has great understanding, But he who is impulsive exalts folly.

Proverbs 15:18

A wrathful man stirs up strife, But he who is slow to anger allays contention.

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 honorable for a man to stop striving, Since any fool can start a quarrel.

Proverbs 22:24

Make no friendship with an angry man, And with a furious man do not go,

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man stirs up strife, And a furious 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 hasten in your spirit to be angry, For anger rests in the bosom of fools.

Isaiah 32:7

Also the schemes of the schemer are evil; He devises wicked plans To destroy the poor with lying words, Even when the needy speaks justice.

James 1:19

So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;