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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 A man of great wrath will pay the penalty;
    for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 19:19 Heb obscure

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 Make no friendship with a man given to anger,
    nor go with a wrathful man,
25 lest you learn his ways
    and entangle yourself in a snare.

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

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22 A man of wrath stirs up strife,
    and a man given to anger causes much transgression.

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