Proverbs 14:17
He who is soon angry will deal foolishly. And a man of wicked devices is hated.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
In Context
16A wise man fears, and departs from evil, but the fool bears himself insolently, and is confident.
18The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Cross References
Esther 3:6But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai
Proverbs 6:18a heart that devises wicked purposes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,
Proverbs 12:16A fool's vexation is instantly known, but a prudent man conceals shame.
Proverbs 15:18A wrathful man stirs up contention, but he who is slow to anger appeases strife.
Proverbs 20:3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarrelling.
Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in transgression.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:17
16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. Note, 1. Holy fear is an excellent guard upon every holy thing, and against every thing that is unholy. It is wisdom to depart from evil, from the evil of sin, and thereby from all other evil; and therefore it is wisdom to fear, that is, to be jealous over ourselves with a godly jealousy, to keep up a dread of God's wrath, to be afraid of coming near the borders of sin or dallying with the beginnings of it. A wise man, for fear… Read the whole commentary →