Proverbs 22:24
22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties 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 stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:14–17
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Read in contextProverbs 21:24
Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
Read in context