Proverbs 14:17
The impatient man shall work folly: and the crafty man is hateful.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 feareth and declineth from evil: the fool leapeth over and is confident.
18The childish shall possess folly, and the prudent, shall look for knowledge.
Cross References
Esther 3:6And he counted it nothing to lay his hands upon Mardochai alone: for he had heard that he was of the nation of the Jews, and he chose rather to destroy all the nation of the Jews that were in the kingdom of Assuerus.
Proverbs 6:18A heart that deviseth wicked plots, feet that are swift to run into mischief,
Proverbs 12:16A fool immediately sheweth his anger: but he that dissembleth injuries is wise.
Proverbs 15:18A passionate man stirreth up strifes: he that is patient appeaseth those that are stirred up.
Proverbs 20:3It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches.
Proverbs 29:22A passionate man provoketh quarrels: and he that is easily stirred up to wrath, shall be more prone 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 →