Proverbs 14:17
The impatient, worketh folly, and, a man of wicked devices, is hated.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 avoideth evil, but, a dullard, is haughty and confident.
18The simple inherit folly, but, the shrewd, crowneth himself with knowledge.
Cross References
Esther 3:6but, it was contemptible in his eyes, to thrust forth a hand on Mordecai alone, for they had told him of the people of Mordecai,—and Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout all the kingdom of Ahasuerus, the people of Mordecai.
Proverbs 6:18A heart contriving iniquitous devices, feet hasting to run into mischief;
Proverbs 12:16A foolish man, on the [same] day, letteth his vexation be known, but, he that concealeth an affront, is prudent.
Proverbs 15:18A wrathful man, stirreth up strife, but, he that is slow to anger, calmeth contention.
Proverbs 20:3Honour, hath the man who sitteth away from strife, but, any fool, may break through.
Proverbs 29:22A man given to anger, stirreth up strife, and, he that exceedeth in wrath, 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 →