Proverbs 29:22

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

One given to anger stirs up strife, and the hothead causes much transgression.

Cross References

Proverbs 15:18

Those who are hot-tempered stir up strife, but those who are slow to anger calm contention.

Proverbs 17:19

One who loves transgression loves strife; one who builds a high threshold invites broken bones.

Proverbs 26:21

As charcoal is to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

James 3:16

For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind.

Proverbs 22:24

Make no friends with those given to anger, and do not associate with hotheads,

Proverbs 14:17

One who is quick-tempered acts foolishly, and the schemer is hated.

Proverbs 30:33

For as pressing milk produces curds and pressing the nose produces blood, so pressing anger produces strife.

Proverbs 29:21

A slave pampered from childhood will come to a bad end.

Genesis 49:7

Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.

Proverbs 27:17

Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens the wits of another.