Proverbs 14:17 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁷ One with a short temper acts foolishly, and one with crafty schemes is hated.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: And a man of wicked devices is hated.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ He who foams up quickly and flies into a passion deals foolishly, and a man of wicked plots and plans is hated.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Short-tempered people make stupid mistakes, and schemers are hated.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ The impatient will work foolishness. And a resourceful man is hated.

Proverbs 14:17 Tagairtí Cros

2 Kings 5:12

Aren’t Amanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Couldn’t I wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage.

Esther 3:6

But it was repugnant in his eyes to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had told him the identity of Mordecai’s people. So Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus.

Proverbs 12:16

A fool shows his irritation immediately, but a prudent person overlooks an insult.

Proverbs 12:2

A good man obtains favor from Adonai, but He condemns a person with evil schemes.

Proverbs 14:16

The wise fears and turns away from evil, but the fool is hotheaded and reckless.

Proverbs 14:18

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

Proverbs 14:29

One who is slow to anger shows great understanding, but a quick-tempered one exalts folly.

Proverbs 15:18

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel.

Proverbs 16:32

Better to be slow to anger than a mighty warrior. One who controls his temper is better than one who conquers a city.

Proverbs 20:3

It is honor for one to resolve a dispute, yet every fool quarrels.

Proverbs 22:24

Do not be friends with one given to anger or associate with a hot-tempered person,

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man stirs up dissention, and a hotheaded one commits many transgressions.

Proverbs 6:18

a heart that plots wicked schemes, feet that run to evil,

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the bosom of fools.

Isaiah 32:7

The scoundrel’s methods are evil— he makes up wicked schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

James 1:19

Know this, my dear brothers and sisters: let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger—