Proverbs 22:24

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
friendship	תִּ֭תְרַע Tit.ra'	H7462	to tend a flock · verb, hithpael jussive, 2nd person masculine singular
angry	אָ֑ף 'Af	H639	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
man	בַּ֣עַל Ba.'al	H1167	a master · noun, common masculine singular construct
furious	חֵ֝מוֹת Che.mot	H2534	heat · noun, common feminine plural absolute
man	אִ֥ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular construct
go	תָבֽוֹא ta.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Proverbs 29:22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
2 Corinthians 6:14-17 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath li…
Proverbs 21:24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:24-25

Here is, 1. A good caution against being intimate with a passionate man. It is the law of friendship that we accommodate ourselves to our friends and be ready to serve them, and therefore we ought to be wise and wary in the choice of a friend, that we come not under the sacred tie to any one whom it would be our folly to accommodate ourselves to. Thought we must be civil to all, yet we must be careful whom we lay in our bosoms and contract a familiarity with. And, among others, a man who is easily provoked, touchy, and apt to resent affronts, who, when he is in a passion, cares not what he says or does, but grows outrageous, such a one is not fit to be made a friend or companion, for he will…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 22:24

(Compare Pro 2:12-15; Pro 4:14).

John Gill on Proverbs 22:24

Make no friendship with an angry man,.... Do not associate with him; contract not a familiarity with him; make him not a companion; take him not into an intimacy, or use him as a particular friend and acquaintance: a man should be courteous, and carry it civilly to all men; but he should take care whom he admits as his bosom friend; he should be cautious in his choice of a familiar friend, and not receive any; and, among the rest, avoid an angry and passionate man, one who is much given to passion himself, and stirs it up in others; for there can be no lasting peace and pleasure in such a man's company and conversation; and with a furious man thou shall not go: not take a walk with him, muc…

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Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 22:24-25

Another tetrastich follows: 24 Have no intercourse with an angry man, And with a furious man go thou not; 25 Lest thou adopt his ways, And bring destruction upon thy soul. The Piel רעה, Jdg 14:20, signifies to make or choose any one as a friend or companion (רעה, רע); the Hithpa. התרעה (cf. at Pro 18:24), to take to oneself (for oneself) any one as a friend, or to converse with one; אל־תּתרע sounds like אל־תּשׁתּע, Isa 41:10, with Pathach of the closed syllable from the apocope. The angry man is called בּעל אף, as the covetous man בּעל נפשׁ, Pro 23:2, and the mischievous man בּעל מזמּות, Pro 24:8; vid., regarding בּעל at Pro 1:19 and Pro 18:9. אישׁ חמות is related superlat. to אישׁ חמה, Pro…

The Church Fathers

A secluded and remote habitation also contributes to the removal of distraction from the soul. Living among those who are unscrupulous and disdainful in their attitude toward an exact observance of the commandments is dangerous, as is shown by the following words of Solomon: "Do not be a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man, lest perhaps you learn his ways and take snares unto your soul."
— Basil of Caesarea, THE LONG RULES 5

Do not be friends with an irascible man, etc. And although this can generally be taken of any irascible or raging person, yet nothing hinders from understanding it of those who raged with mad minds against the Saviour and His disciples; from whose friendship and company all believing in Him, caring for their salvation, were banned, so that also being neighbors to the wicked they themselves would not perish; which is proven to be possible in Judas Iscariot's case. Generally, it is said that, just as perfect men should not avoid perverse neighbors, because they often bring them to righteousness and are never drawn to perversity; so, those who are weak should avoid depraved society, lest the evil they often see and cannot correct they be tempted to imitate.
— Bede, Commentary on Proverbs

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Dictionary and topics

Proverbs, Book of — A collection of moral and philosophical maxims of a wide range of subjects presented in a poetic form. This book sets forth the “philosophy of practical life. It is the sign to us that the Bible does…
Anger · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Company · EVIL — EVIL
Example · 30:7; — 30:7;
Friendship · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Influence · EVIL — EVIL

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Proverbs 22:24

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:24-25

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 22:24

John Gill on Proverbs 22:24

Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 22:24-25

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Proverbs 22:24

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:24-25

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 22:24

John Gill on Proverbs 22:24

Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 22:24-25

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Proverbs 22:24-25

Rashi on Proverbs 22:24