Proverbs 22:24
Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, and do not associate with one easily angered.
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Other Translations
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
KJV1611 – Modern English
Make no friendship with an angry man, and with a furious man do not go,
King James Version 1611 (Original)
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
Make no friendship{H7462} with a man{H1167} that is given to anger;{H639} And with a wrathful{H2534} man{H376} thou shalt not go:{H935}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
Make no friendship{H7462}{(H8691)} with an angry{H639} man{H1167}; and with a furious{H2534} man{H376} thou shalt not go{H935}{(H8799)}:
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Make no fredshipe with an angrie wylfull man, and kepe no company wt ye furious:
Geneva Bible (1560)
Make no friendship with an angrie man, neither goe with the furious man,
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Make no frendship with an angrye wylfull man, and walke not with the furious:
Authorized King James Version (1611)
¶ Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Webster's Bible (1833)
Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, And don't associate with one who harbors anger:
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,
American Standard Version (1901)
Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:
American Standard Version (1901)
Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:
Bible in Basic English (1941)
Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man:
World English Bible (2000)
Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger:
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Do not make friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a wrathful person,
Referenced Verses
- Prov 29:22 : 22 An angry man stirs up strife, and a hot-tempered man commits many transgressions.
- 2 Cor 6:14-17 : 14 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement can there be between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: 'I will dwell among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.' 17 Therefore, 'Come out from among them and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.'
- Prov 21:24 : 24 The proud and arrogant person, named 'Scoffer,' acts with excessive pride.
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