Proverbs 22:24–25
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22:24Do not make friends with an angry person,61
and do not associate with a wrathful person,
22:25lest you learn62 his ways
and entangle yourself in a snare.63
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- 61 Heb “possessor of anger.” This expression is an idiom for “wrathful person” or “an angry person” (cf. “a hotheaded man”; “short-tempered people”). These are people characterized by anger, meaning the anger is not a rare occurrence with them.
- 62 The verb פֶּן־תֶּאֱלַף (pen-te’elaf) is translated “lest you learn.” The idea is more precisely “become familiar with his ways.” The construction indicates that if one associates with such people he will become like them (cf. “you might learn their habits”).
- 63 The warning in this proverb is to avoid associating with a hothead because his influence could be fatal (a similar idea is found in the Instruction of Amenemope, chap. 9, 11:13–14 [ 423]).
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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.
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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.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Don’t make friends with an angry person,
and don’t be a companion of a hot-tempered one,
or you will learn his ways
and entangle yourself in a snare.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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