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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 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 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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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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  1. Proverbs 22:25 Or for your soul

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

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

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