24Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger:


In Context

21 To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?

22 Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court;

23 for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

24 Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger:

25 lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul.

26 Don't you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.

Proverbs 22:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:24Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:24Do not make friends with a hot- tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:24Be not a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:24Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:24Make no friendship with an angry man, and go not with a furious man;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:24Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; and with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:24Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:24Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:24Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man you shall not go: