Proverbs 14:17
He that is quick-tempered dealeth folly, 1 and an ish mezimot (a man of crafty schemes) is hated. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
In Context
18The naive inherit folly, 1 but the prudent are crowned with da'as. 1
Cross References
Esther 3:6And he scorned to lay hands on Mordechai alone; since they had told him the Am Mordechai; therefore Haman sought to make shmad of kol haYehudim that were throughout the kol Malkhut Achashverosh, even the Am Mordechai.
Proverbs 6:18A lev that deviseth wicked machshevot (plans), 1 raglayim that are swift in running to ra'ah, 1
Proverbs 12:16A foolʼs wrath is known immediately, 1 but a prudent man covereth kalon (shame, disgrace, shameful nakedness). 1
Proverbs 15:18An ish chemah (angry man) stirreth up madon (strife), 1 but he that is slow to anger pacifies a quarrel. 1
Proverbs 20:3It is kavod for an ish to cease from strife, 1 but any fool can start a quarrel. 1
Proverbs 29:22An ish af (angry man) stirreth up strife, 1 and a ba'al chemah (ill-tempered man) aboundeth in peysha (transgression). 1
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 →