Proverbs 14:17 · KJV
“{He that is} soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.”
— Proverbs 14:17
A wise {man} feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Proverbs 14 — Context
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent {man} looketh well to his going.
16A wise {man} feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
17{He that is} soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
18The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
19The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:29
{He that is} slow to wrath {is} of great understanding: but {he that is} hasty of spirit exalteth folly. {hasty...: Heb. short of spirit}
Proverbs 29:22
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
James 1:19
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Proverbs 15:18
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but {he that is} slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Proverbs 16:32
{He that is} slow to anger {is} better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Proverbs 22:24
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Esther 3:6
And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that {were} throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, {even} the people of Mordecai.