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19 A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty,
    for if you rescue him, you must do it again.

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19 A violent-tempered person will pay the penalty;
    if you effect a rescue, you will only have to do it again.[a]

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  1. 19.19 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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

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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.

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24 Make no friends with those given to anger,
    and do not associate with hotheads,
25 lest you learn their 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 An angry man stirs up strife,
    and a wrathful man abounds in sin.

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22 One given to anger stirs up strife,
    and the hothead causes much transgression.(A)

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

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