Proverbs 14:17
He that is soon angry deals foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
Updated King James Version
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 departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.
18The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Cross References
Esther 3:6And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had showed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
Proverbs 6:18An heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
Proverbs 12:16A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covers shame.
Proverbs 15:18A wrathful man stirs up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeases strife.
Proverbs 20:3It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds 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 →