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19 A man of great wrath will bear the penalty,
For if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.

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19 Someone who has a lot of anger pays the penalty.
If you rescue him, you will have to do it again.

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24 Do not befriend a man of anger;
And do not come along with a man of (A)great wrath,
25 Lest you (B)learn his ways
And take on a snare against your soul.

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24 Do not be friends with a hothead.
Do not go along with someone who has a hot temper.
25 If you do, you will learn his ways
and set a trap for yourself.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:25 Or for your soul

22 An (A)angry man stirs up strife,
And a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.

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22 A hothead stirs up a fight,
and a quick-tempered person commits many sins.

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