Proverbs 14:17
The impatient will work foolishness. And a resourceful man is hated.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
In Context
16The wise fear, and so turn away from evil. The foolish leap ahead with confidence.
18The childish will possess foolishness, and the discerning will anticipate knowledge.
Cross References
Esther 3:6And he considered it pointless to lay his hands on Mordecai alone, for he had heard that he was part of the Jewish people. And so he wanted more: to destroy the entire nation of the Jews, who were in the kingdom of Artaxerxes.
Proverbs 6:18a heart that devises the most wicked thoughts, feet running swiftly unto evil,
Proverbs 12:16The senseless immediately reveals his anger. But whoever ignores injuries is clever.
Proverbs 15:18A short-tempered man provokes conflicts. Whoever is patient tempers those who are stirred up.
Proverbs 20:3Honor is for the man who separates himself from contentions. But all the foolish meddle in altercations.
Proverbs 29:22A short-tempered man provokes quarrels. And whoever is easily angered is more likely to sin.
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 →