19 A person of great anger will suffer the penalty,
For if you rescue him, you will only have to do it again.

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

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24 Do not make friends with a person given to anger,
Or go with a (A)hot-tempered person,
25 Or you will (B)learn his ways
And [a]find a snare for yourself.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:25 Lit take

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:24 Lit with a master of anger

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

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

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  1. Proverbs 29:22 Lit a master of rage