24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered,
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 hang out with angry people; don't keep company with hotheads.
24 Make no friendship with an angry man, And with a furious man do not go,
24 Don't befriend angry people or associate with hot-tempered people,
25 or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared.
25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
25 lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
25 Bad temper is contagious - don't get infected.
25 Lest you learn his ways And set a snare for your soul.
25 or you will learn to be like them and endanger your soul.
(Read Proverbs 22:24-25)
Our corrupt hearts have so much tinder in them, that it is dangerous to have to do with those that throw about the sparks of their passion.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 22:24
Commentary on Proverbs 22:24-25
(Read Proverbs 22:24-25)
Our corrupt hearts have so much tinder in them, that it is dangerous to have to do with those that throw about the sparks of their passion.