Proverbs 29:22

22 Angry people stir up a lot of discord; the intemperate stir up trouble.

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,

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Proverbs 29:22 In-Context

20 Observe the people who always talk before they think - even simpletons are better off than they are.

21 If you let people treat you like a doormat, you'll be quite forgotten in the end.

22 Angry people stir up a lot of discord; the intemperate stir up trouble.

23 Pride lands you flat on your face; humility prepares you for honors.

24 Befriend an outlaw and become an enemy to yourself. When the victims cry out, you'll be included in their curses if you're a coward to their cause in court.