Proverbs 22:24
22 Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
23 for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
25 or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
26 Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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:
- DARBY
- Make no friendship with an angry man, and go not with a furious man;
- BLB
- Do not make friends with an owner of anger, and with a man of rage do not go in,
- ÅB
- Hold deg ikke til venns med en som er snar til vrede, og gi deg ikke i lag med en hastig mann,
- OTB
- Bli ikke venn med en hissig person, og omgås ikke en som lett blir sint,
- B1930
- Hold dig ikke til venns med en som er snar til vrede, og gi dig ikke i lag med en hastig mann,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 29:22
An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:14–17
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
Read in contextProverbs 21:24
Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man— of him who acts with excessive pride.
Read in context