Proverbs 22:24

Saying 3

24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered,

Proverbs 22:24 in Other Translations

24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

24 Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man,

24 Don’t befriend angry people or associate with hot-tempered people,

24 Don't hang out with angry people; don't keep company with hotheads.

24 Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:

24 Do not be a friend of one who has a bad temper, and never keep company with a hothead,

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

24 Don't be a friend with anyone who burns with anger. Don't go around with a person who gets angry easily.

Proverbs 22:24 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 22:24

Make no friendship with an angry man
Do not associate with him; contract not a familiarity with him; make him not a companion; take him not into an intimacy, or use him as a particular friend and acquaintance: a man should be courteous, and carry it civilly to all men; but he should take care whom he admits as his bosom friend; he should be cautious in his choice of a familiar friend, and not receive any; and, among the rest, avoid an angry and passionate man, one who is much given to passion himself, and stirs it up in others; for there can be no lasting peace and pleasure in such a man's company and conversation; and with a furious man thou shall not go:
not take a walk with him, much less a journey; or shall not be frequently together. It may be rendered, "unto a man of wraths", or of great wrath and "fury, thou shall not come"; not enter into his house, nor seek his company, and court his conversation, which rather should be shunned.

Proverbs 22:24 In-Context

22 Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court,

23 for the LORD will take up their case and will exact life for life.

24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered,

25 or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared.

26 Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts;