Proverbs 22:24

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

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Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man. Don’t associate with one who harbours anger,

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Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,

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

ASV

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

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Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man:

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Matthew Henry · Verses 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.

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