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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 The person who has great anger must pay the consequences,
    because 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 Don’t make friends with a hot-tempered man,
    and do not associate with someone who is easily angered,
25 or you may learn his ways
    and find yourself caught in a trap.

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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 man stirs up arguments,
    and a hot-tempered man causes many transgressions.

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