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Proverbs 22:24
Proverbs 22:24 is verse 24 of Proverbs chapter 22, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
King James Version
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
World English Bible
Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man. Don’t associate with one who harbors anger,
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Proverbs 22:22–26 · Berean Standard Bible
22 Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
23 for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
24 Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
25 or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
26 Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 21:24Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man— of him who acts with excessive pride.
Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
2 Corinthians 6:14Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
2 Corinthians 6:15What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
2 Corinthians 6:16What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
2 Corinthians 6:17“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”