Proverbs 14:17

Geneva Bible (1560)

He that is hastie to anger, committeth follie, and a busie body is hated.

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  • Prov 14:29 : 29 He that is slowe to wrath, is of great wisdome: but he that is of an hastie minde, exalteth follie.
  • Prov 29:22 : 22 An angrie man stirreth vp strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
  • Eccl 7:9 : 9 (7:11) Be not thou of an hastie spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosome of fooles.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 Wherefore my deare brethren, let euery man be swift to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe to wrath.
  • Prov 15:18 : 18 An angrie man stirreth vp strife: but hee that is slowe to wrath, appeaseth strife.
  • Prov 16:32 : 32 He that is slowe vnto anger, is better then the mightie man: and hee that ruleth his owne minde, is better then he that winneth a citie.
  • Prov 22:24 : 24 Make no friendship with an angrie man, neither goe with the furious man,
  • Esth 3:6 : 6 Now he thought it too litle to lay hands onely on Mordecai: & because they had shewed him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy all the Iewes, that were throughout the whole kingdome of Ahashuerosh, euen the people of Mordecai.
  • Esth 7:5-6 : 5 Then King Ahashuerosh answered, and said vnto the Queene Ester, Who is he? and where is he that presumeth to doe thus? 6 And Ester said, The aduersarie and enemie is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afrayde before the King and the Queene.
  • Prov 6:18 : 18 An heart that imagineth wicked enterprises, feete that be swift in running to mischiefe,
  • Prov 12:2 : 2 A good man getteth fauour of the Lorde: but the man of wicked immaginations will hee condemne.
  • Prov 12:16 : 16 A foole in a day shall be knowen by his anger: but he that couereth shame, is wise.
  • Isa 32:7 : 7 For the weapons of the churle are wicked: hee deuiseth wicked counsels, to vndoe the poore with lying words: and to speake against the poore in iudgement.
  • Jer 5:26-29 : 26 For among my people are founde wicked persons, that lay waite as hee that setteth snares: they haue made a pit, to catch men. 27 As a cage is full of birdes, so are their houses full of deceite: thereby they are become great and waxen riche. 28 They are waxen fat and shining: they doe ouerpasse the deedes of the wicked: they execute no iudgement, no not the iudgement of the fatherlesse: yet they prosper, though they execute no iudgement for the poore. 29 Shall I not visite for these things, sayth the Lord? or shall not my soule be auenged on such a nation as this?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 14:15-16
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    15The foolish will beleeue euery thing: but the prudent will consider his steppes.

    16A wise man feareth, and departeth from euill: but a foole rageth, and is carelesse.

  • Prov 14:29
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    29He that is slowe to wrath, is of great wisdome: but he that is of an hastie minde, exalteth follie.

  • Prov 29:22
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    22An angrie man stirreth vp strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

  • Eccl 7:9
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    9(7:11) Be not thou of an hastie spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosome of fooles.

  • Prov 12:15-16
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    15The way of a foole is right in his owne eyes: but he that heareth counsell, is wise.

    16A foole in a day shall be knowen by his anger: but he that couereth shame, is wise.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16Euery wise man will worke by knowledge: but a foole will spread abroade folly.

  • Prov 15:18
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    18An angrie man stirreth vp strife: but hee that is slowe to wrath, appeaseth strife.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A foole powreth out all his minde: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterward.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishnesse of a man peruerteth his way, and his heart freateth against the Lord.

  • Prov 10:18
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    18He that dissembleth hatred with lying lips, and he that inuenteth slaunder, is a foole.

  • Job 5:2
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    2Doubtlesse anger killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote.

  • Prov 14:18
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    18The foolish do inherite follie: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 22:24
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    24Make no friendship with an angrie man, neither goe with the furious man,

  • Prov 17:19-21
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    76%

    19He loueth transgression, that loueth strife: and he that exalteth his gate, seeketh destruction.

    20The froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a naughtie tongue, shall fall into euill.

    21He that begetteth a foole, getteth himselfe sorow, and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.

  • Prov 14:7-8
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    7Depart from the foolish man, when thou perceiuest not in him the lippes of knowledge.

    8The wisdome of ye prudent is to vnderstand his way: but the foolishnes of the fooles is deceite.

  • Prov 27:12
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    12A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himselfe: but the foolish goe on still, and are punished.

  • Prov 29:20
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    20Seest thou a man hastie in his matters? there is more hope of a foole, then of him.

  • Prov 17:27
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    27Hee that hath knowledge, spareth his wordes, and a man of vnderstanding is of an excellent spirit.

  • Prov 26:18
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    18As he that faineth himselfe mad, casteth fire brands, arrowes, and mortall things,

  • Prov 10:23
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    23It is as a pastime to a foole to doe wickedly: but wisedome is vnderstanding to a man.

  • Prov 15:1-2
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    1A soft answere putteth away wrath: but grieuous wordes stirre vp anger.

    2The tongue of the wise vseth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fooles babbleth out foolishnesse.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Foolishnes is ioy to him that is destitute of vnderstanding: but a man of vnderstanding walketh vprightly.

  • Prov 29:8-9
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    8Scornefull men bring a citie into a snare: but wise men turne away wrath.

    9If a wise man contend with a foolish man, whether he be angry or laugh, there is no rest.

  • Prov 19:19
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    19A man of much anger shall suffer punishment: and though thou deliuer him, yet wil his anger come againe.

  • Prov 19:11
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    11The discretion of man deferreth his anger: and his glory is to passe by an offence.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the mouth of the foolish is the rod of pride: but the lippes of the wise preserue them.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A foole despiseth his fathers instruction: but he that regardeth correction, is prudent.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23A wise man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of the fooles publisheth foolishnes.

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    3It is a mans honour to cease from strife: but euery foole will be medling.

  • Prov 11:12
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    12He that despiseth his neighbour, is destitute of wisedome: but a man of vnderstanding will keepe silence.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisedome resteth in the heart of him that hath vnderstanding, and is knowen in the mids of fooles.

  • Prov 17:25
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    25A foolish sonne is a griefe vnto his father, and a heauines to her that bare him.

  • Prov 16:14
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    14The wrath of a King is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacifie it.

  • Prov 27:4
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    4Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?

  • Ps 37:8
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    8Cease from anger, and leaue off wrath: fret not thy selfe also to doe euill.

  • Eccl 7:7
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  • Prov 16:32
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  • Prov 11:29
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    29He that troubleth his owne house, shall inherite the winde, and the foole shalbe seruant to the wise in heart.

  • Prov 17:10-12
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    10A reproofe entereth more into him that hath vnderstanding, then an hundreth stripes into a foole.

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  • Prov 24:8
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    8Hee that imagineth to doe euill, men shall call him an autour of wickednes.