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Proverbs 22:24

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

KJV

Noli esse amicus homini iracundo, neque ambules cum viro furioso :

Vulgate

μὴ ἴσθι ἑταῖρος ἀνδρὶ θυμώδει, φίλῳ δὲ ὀργίλῳ μὴ συναυλίζου,

LXX

Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:

ASV

אַל תִּ֭תְרַע אֶת בַּ֣עַל אָ֑ף וְ/אֶת אִ֥ישׁ חֵ֝מוֹת לֹ֣א תָבֽוֹא

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
ו
v
noun · 83×
וֹ
v
noun · 275×
י
y
noun · 124×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
רֹעִ֔ים
r'ym
verb · 164×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 6:14 — Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
  • 2Cor 6:14 — Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
  • Prov 14:17 — He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
  • Prov 14:29 — He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
  • Prov 18:6 — A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
  • Prov 19:19 — A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
  • Prov 21:24 — Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
  • Prov 25:28 — He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
  • Prov 29:22 — An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
  • Prov 29:22 — An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
  • Ps 101:4 — A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.