Proverbs 14:17 Cross References - WEB

¹⁷ He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.

⁶ But he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him Mordecai’s people. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even Mordecai’s people.

⁵ Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, “Who is he, and where is he who dared presume in his heart to do so?” ⁶ Esther said, “An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman!” Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

¹⁸ a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

² A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, but he will condemn a man of wicked plans.

¹⁶ A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.

²⁹ He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

¹⁸ A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

³² One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

²⁴ Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man, and don’t associate with one who harbors anger:

²² An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.

⁹ Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

⁷ The ways of the scoundrel are evil. He devises wicked plans to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

²⁶ For wicked men are found among my people. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men. ²⁷ As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich. ²⁸ They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excel in deeds of wickedness. They don’t plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don’t defend the rights of the needy. ²⁹ “Shouldn’t I punish for these things?” says Yahweh. “Shouldn’t my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

¹⁹ So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;