Proverbs 14:17
He who is quick to become angry will commit folly,and a crafty man is hated.
New Heart English Bible
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 fears, and shuns evil,but the fool is hotheaded and reckless.
18The simple inherit folly,but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Cross References
Esther 3:6But he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him Mordecai's people. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even Mordecai's people.
Proverbs 6:18a heart that devises wicked schemes,feet that are swift in running to mischief,
Proverbs 12:16A fool shows his annoyance the same day,but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.
Proverbs 15:18A wrathful man stirs up contention,but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.
Proverbs 20:3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife;but every fool will be quarreling.
Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirs up strife,and a wrathful man abounds in 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 →