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Proverbs 22:24–25

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24Don’t make friends with an angry person,F

and don’t be a companion of a hot-tempered one,w

25or you will learn his waysx

and entangle yourself in a snare.

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Footnotes

  1. F with a master of anger

Cross references

  1. wPr 15:18; 19:19
  2. x1Co 15:33

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Make no friendship with a man given to anger,

nor go with a wrathful man,

lest you learn his ways

and entangle yourself in a snare.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person,

do not associate with one easily angered,

or you may learn their ways

and get yourself ensnared.

NLTNew Living Translation

Don’t befriend angry people

or associate with hot-tempered people,

or you will learn to be like them

and endanger your soul.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Do not befriend an owner of anger,

and with a man of wrath you shall not associate;

lest you learn his way

and become entangled in a snare to yourself.

KJV 1900King James Version

Make no friendship with an angry man;

And with a furious man thou shalt not go:

Lest thou learn his ways,

And get a snare to thy soul.