Proverbs 22:24
Make no friendship with an angrie man, neither goe with the furious man,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
In Context
23For the Lord will defende their cause, and spoyle the soule of those that spoyle them.
25Least thou learne his wayes, and receiue destruction to thy soule.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with the wise, shalbe wise: but a companion of fooles shalbe afflicted.
Proverbs 21:24Proude, hautie and scornefull is his name that worketh in his arrogancie wrath.
2 Corinthians 6:14Be not vnequally yoked with the infidels: for what fellowship hath righteousnesse with vnrighteousnesse? and what communion hath light with darkenesse?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:23-24
Caution against Oppressing the Poor. 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: 23 For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. After this solemn preface, one would have expected something new and surprising; but no; here is a plain and common, but very needful caution against the barbarous and inhuman practices of oppressing poor people. Observe, I. The sin itself, and that is robbing the poor and making them poorer, taking from those… Read the whole commentary →