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Proverbs 22:24–25

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24Don’t be a friend with anyone who burns with anger.

Don’t go around with a person who gets angry easily.

25You might learn his habits.

And then you will be trapped by them.

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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.

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.

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.

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.