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19 A man of great wrath will pay the penalty;
    for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 19:19 Heb obscure

19 A hot-tempered person must pay the penalty;
    rescue them, and you will have to do it again.

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24 Make no friendship with a man given to anger,
    nor go with a wrathful man,
25 lest you learn his ways
    and entangle yourself in a snare.

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Saying 3

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.(A)

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22 A man of wrath stirs up strife,
    and a man given to anger causes much transgression.

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22 An angry person stirs up conflict,
    and a hot-tempered person commits many sins.(A)

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