Proverbs 22:24
Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
BSB
ASV
Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:
KJV
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
THE LONG RULES 5 (379)
A secluded and remote habitation also contributes to the removal of distraction from the soul. Living among those who are unscrupulous and disdainful in their attitude toward an exact observance of the commandments is dangerous, as is shown by the following words of Solomon: "Do not be a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man, lest perhaps you learn his ways and take snares unto your soul."
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
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A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.
Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.
Through
Proverbs 21:24Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man—of him who acts with excessive pride.
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Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
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