Proverbs 29:22

22 One given to anger stirs up strife, and the hothead causes much transgression.

Proverbs 29:22 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man stirreth up strife
In families, neighbourhoods, communities, churches, and commonwealths; that is, one that is given to anger, and gives way to it, in whom it prevails and rules; and a furious man aboundeth in transgression;
or, "a master of wrath or fury" F25; one much addicted to it: or, "the husband of wrath": wedded to it, as a man to his wife: or, as the Vulgate Latin version renders it, "who is easy to be angry"; is easily provoked, wrath rises up in him at once; this leads him on to many sins, as cursing, swearing, murder,


FOOTNOTES:

F25 (hmx leb) "dominus furoris", so Vatablus, Piscator, Michaelis.

Proverbs 29:22 In-Context

20 Do you see someone who is hasty in speech? There is more hope for a fool than for anyone like that.
21 A slave pampered from childhood will come to a bad end.
22 One given to anger stirs up strife, and the hothead causes much transgression.
23 A person's pride will bring humiliation, but one who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.
24 To be a partner of a thief is to hate one's own life; one hears the victim's curse, but discloses nothing.
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