19 A person with intense anger bears the penalty;
if you rescue him, you’ll have to do it again.(A)

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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 make friends with an angry person,[a]
and don’t be a companion of a hot-tempered one,(A)
25 or you will learn his ways(B)
and entangle yourself in a snare.

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Footnotes

  1. 22:24 Lit with a master of anger

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 person stirs up conflict,
and a hot-tempered one[a] increases rebellion.(A)

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  1. 29:22 Lit a master of rage

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

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