Proverbs 14:17
He that is hastie to anger, committeth follie, and a busie body is hated.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 departeth from euill: but a foole rageth, and is carelesse.
18The foolish do inherite follie: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Cross References
Esther 3:6Now he thought it too litle to lay hands onely on Mordecai: and because they had shewed him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy all the Iewes, that were throughout the whole kingdome of Ahashuerosh, euen the people of Mordecai.
Proverbs 6:18An heart that imagineth wicked enterprises, feete that be swift in running to mischiefe,
Proverbs 12:16A foole in a day shall be knowen by his anger: but he that couereth shame, is wise.
Proverbs 15:18An angrie man stirreth vp strife: but hee that is slowe to wrath, appeaseth strife.
Proverbs 20:3It is a mans honour to cease from strife: but euery foole will be medling.
Proverbs 29:22An angrie man stirreth vp strife, and a furious man aboundeth 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 →