19 A person with intense anger bears the penalty;
if you rescue him, you’ll have to do it again.(A)

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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 Don’t make friends with an angry person,[a]
and don’t be a companion of a hot-tempered one,(A)
25 or you will learn his ways(B)
and entangle yourself in a snare.

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Footnotes

  1. 22:24 Lit with a master of anger

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 An angry person stirs up conflict,
and a hot-tempered one[a] increases rebellion.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 29:22 Lit a master of rage

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

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