Verse 17

Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 14:29 : 29 Whoso is slow to anger `is' of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.
  • Prov 29:22 : 22 An angry man stirreth up contention, And a furious man is multiplying transgression.
  • Eccl 7:9 : 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
  • Prov 15:18 : 18 A man of fury stirreth up contention, And the slow to anger appeaseth strife.
  • Prov 16:32 : 32 Better `is' the slow to anger than the mighty, And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking a city.
  • Prov 22:24 : 24 Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,
  • Esth 3:6 : 6 and it is contemptible in his eyes to put forth a hand on Mordecai by himself, for they have declared to him the people of Mordecai, and Haman seeketh to destroy all the Jews who `are' in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus -- the people of Mordecai.
  • Esth 7:5-6 : 5 And the king Ahasuerus saith, yea, he saith to Esther the queen, `Who `is' he -- this one? and where `is' this one? -- he whose heart hath filled him to do so?' 6 And Esther saith, `The man -- adversary and enemy -- `is' this wicked Haman;' and Haman hath been afraid at the presence of the king and of the queen.
  • Prov 6:18 : 18 A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil --
  • Prov 12:2 : 2 The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.
  • Prov 12:16 : 16 The fool -- in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.
  • Isa 32:7 : 7 And the miser -- his instruments `are' evil, He hath counselled wicked devices, To corrupt the poor with lying sayings, Even when the needy speaketh justly.
  • Jer 5:26-29 : 26 For the wicked have been found among My people. It looketh about the covering of snares, They have set up a trap -- men they capture. 27 As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich. 28 They have been fat, they have shone, Yea, they have overpassed the acts of the evil, Judgment they have not judged, The judgment of the fatherless -- and they prosper, And the judgment of the needy they have not judged. 29 For these do not I inspect, an affirmation of Jehovah, On a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself?