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Saying 3

Proverbs 22:24

In 11 translations

BSB
Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
KJV
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
WEB
Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man. Don’t associate with one who harbors anger,
ASV
Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:
LSV
Do not show yourself friendly with an angry man, || And do not go in with a man of fury,
YLT
Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,
DBY
Make no friendship with an angry man, and go not with a furious man;
DRC
Be not a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man:
GNV
Make no friendship with an angrie man, neither goe with the furious man,
JPS
Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; and with a wrathful man thou shalt not go;
LXXE
Be not companion to a furious man; neither lodge with a passionate man:

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Original-language editions

WLC
אַל־תִּ֭תְרַע אֶת־בַּ֣עַל אָ֑ף וְאֶת־אִ֥ישׁ חֵ֝מוֹת לֹ֣א תָבֽוֹא׃
LXX-Br
Μὴ ἴσθι ἑταῖρος ἀνδρὶ θυμώδει, φίλῳ δὲ ὀργίλῳ μὴ συναυλίζου·

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
  • 2 Corinthians 6:14–17Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a…
  • Proverbs 21:24Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man— of him who acts with excessive pride.

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