Proverbs 14:17 Cross References - LEB

¹⁷ He who is short of _⌊temper_⌋* will act foolishly, and the man who schemes will be hated.

⁶ But _⌊he considered it beneath him_⌋* to lay hands on Mordecai only, for they told him of Mordecai's people, and Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who were in the kingdom of Ahasuerus.

⁵ And King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, "Who is he, and where is he, who _⌊gave himself the right to do this_⌋?"* ⁶ And Esther said, "The adversary and enemy is this evil Haman!" And Haman was terrified before the king and queen.

¹⁸ a devising heart, plans of deception, feet that hurry to run to evil,*

² The good obtains favor from Yahweh, but anyone who schemes, he condemns.

¹⁶ As for a fool, _⌊on that very day_⌋* he makes his anger known, but he who ignores an insult is prudent.

²⁹ He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but the hasty of spirit* exalts folly.

¹⁸ A man who is hot-tempered will stir up strife, but he who is slow to _⌊anger_⌋,* he will calm contention.

³² He who is slow to anger* is better than him who is mighty, and he who controls his spirit than him who captures a city.

²⁴ Do not befriend an owner* of _⌊anger_⌋,* and with a man of wrath you shall not associate;

²² A man of anger will stir strife, and the owner of anger, much transgression.

⁹ Do not be quick in your spirit to anger, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.

⁷ And a scoundrel, his weapons are evil; he plans evil devices to ruin the poor with words of deception even* when the speech of the needy is right.

²⁶ For wicked people are found among my people, they lie in wait like the hiding of fowlers, they set up a trap, they catch humans. ²⁷ Like a cage full of birds,* so their houses are full of fraud. _⌊Therefore_⌋* they have become great, and they have become rich. ²⁸ They have grown fat, they have grown sleek, also, _⌊their evil deeds have no limit_⌋.* They do not judge with justice, the legal cause of the orphan, or allow it to succeed, and the legal case of the poor, they do not defend. ²⁹ Because of these things shall I not punish?" _⌊declares_⌋* Yahweh, "and on a nation who is like this, shall I not take revenge?

¹⁹ Understand this, my dear brothers: every person must be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,