Proverbs 22:24
Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered,
In context
21 teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth, so that you bring back truthful reports to those you serve?
22 Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court, 23 for the Lord will take up their case and will exact life for life.
24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered, 25 or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared.
26 Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts; 27 if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 22:24 in the KJV
Make no friendship with an angry man; And with a furious man thou shalt not go:
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 22:24 in the ESV
Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man,