"Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:" — Proverbs 22:24

Proverbs 22:24 · KJV

“Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:”

— Proverbs 22:24

Verse 23

For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

Verse 25

Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

Proverbs 22 — Context

Rob not the poor, because he {is} poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

Be not thou {one} of them that strike hands, {or} of them that are sureties for debts.

Cross References

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

2 Corinthians 6:14-17

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Proverbs 21:24

Proud {and} haughty scorner {is} his name, who dealeth in proud wrath. {in proud...: Heb. in the wrath of pride}