Proverbs 22:24

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Do not make friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a wrathful person,

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 29:22 : 22 An angry person stirs up dissension, and a wrathful person is abounding in transgression.
  • 2 Cor 6:14-17 : 14 Unequal Partners Do not become partners with those who do not believe, for what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship does light have with darkness? 15 And what agreement does Christ have with Beliar? Or what does a believer share in common with an unbeliever? 16 And what mutual agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said,“I will live in them and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.” 17 Therefore“come out from their midst, and be separate,” says the Lord,“and touch no unclean thing, and I will welcome you,
  • Prov 21:24 : 24 A proud and arrogant person, whose name is“Scoffer,” acts with overbearing pride.

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