Verse 17

He who is quickly angry acts foolishly, and a man of wicked intentions is hated.

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  • Prov 14:29 : 29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who is quick-tempered exalts folly.
  • Prov 29:22 : 22 An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression.
  • Eccl 7:9 : 9 Do not be quick in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger:
  • Prov 15:18 : 18 A wrathful man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms strife.
  • Prov 16:32 : 32 He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
  • Prov 22:24 : 24 Make no friendship with an angry man, and with a furious man do not go,
  • Esth 3:6 : 6 And he thought it scornful to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had shown him the people of Mordecai. Therefore, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
  • Esth 7:5-6 : 5 Then King Ahasuerus answered and said to Queen Esther, Who is he, and where is he, that dares presume in his heart to do so? 6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.
  • Prov 6:18 : 18 A heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief,
  • Prov 12:2 : 2 A good man obtains favor from the LORD, but a man of wicked plans will He condemn.
  • Prov 12:16 : 16 A fool's wrath is immediately known, but a prudent man covers shame.
  • Isa 32:7 : 7 The schemes of the miser are evil: he devises wicked plans to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks what is right.
  • Jer 5:26-29 : 26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay in wait, as he who sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men. 27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they have become great, and grown rich. 28 They have grown fat, they shine: yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked: they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy they do not judge. 29 Shall I not visit for these things? says the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?