Proverbs 14:17
Whoever is short of temper does folly, || And a man of wicked schemes is hated.
Literal Standard 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 is fearing and turning from evil, || And a fool is transgressing and is confident.
18The simple have inherited folly, || And the prudent are crowned [with] knowledge.
Cross References
Esther 3:6and it is contemptible in his eyes to put forth a hand on Mordecai by himself, for they have declared to him the people of Mordecai, and Haman seeks to destroy all the Jews who [are] in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus—the people of Mordecai.
Proverbs 6:18A heart devising thoughts of vanity, || Feet hastening to run to evil,
Proverbs 12:16The fool—his anger is known in a day, || And the prudent is covering shame.
Proverbs 15:18A man of fury stirs up contention, || And the slow to anger appeases strife.
Proverbs 20:3Cessation from strife is an honor to a man, || And every fool interferes.
Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirs up contention, || And a furious man is multiplying 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 →