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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 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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Footnotes

  1. 19.19 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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

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

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