Verse 17

He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, And a crafty man is hated.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 14:29 : 29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who has a quick temper displays folly.
  • Prov 29:22 : 22 An angry man stirs up strife, And a wrathful man abounds in sin.
  • Eccl 7:9 : 9 Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
  • Prov 15:18 : 18 A wrathful man stirs up contention, But one who is slow to anger appeases strife.
  • Prov 16:32 : 32 One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; One who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
  • Prov 22:24 : 24 Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, And don't associate with one who harbors anger:
  • Esth 3:6 : 6 But he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai: therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
  • Esth 7:5-6 : 5 Then spoke the king Ahasuerus and said to Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that dared presume in his heart to do so? 6 Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
  • Prov 6:18 : 18 A heart that devises wicked schemes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
  • Prov 12:2 : 2 A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, But he will condemn a man of wicked devices.
  • Prov 12:16 : 16 A fool shows his annoyance the same day, But one who overlooks an insult is prudent.
  • Isa 32:7 : 7 The instruments of the churl are evil: he devises wicked devices to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.
  • Jer 5:26-29 : 26 For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men. 27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and grew rich. 28 They are grew fat, they shine: yes, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they don't plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy they don't judge. 29 Shall I not visit for these things? says Yahweh; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?