Proverbs 22:23-24

23 for the Lord will take up their case and will plunder those who plunder them.^[a]

24 Don't make friends with an angry man,^[b] and don't be a companion of a hot-tempered man,

Proverbs 22:23-24 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 10

This chapter contains an account of the queen of Sheba's visit to King Solomon to her great satisfaction, 1Ki 10:1-13, of Solomon's merchandise and riches, and the magnificence of his court, 1Ki 10:14-23, of the rich presents sent to him, and of the purchase of chariots and horses, and other things, he made, 1Ki 10:24-29.

Footnotes

• [a] Pr 23:10-11; Isa 3:13-15
• [b] Lit with a master of anger