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Proverbs 14:17
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Proverbs 14:17
17He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
17 He that is soone angry, dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked deuices is hated.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 14:17
Feeling or showing anger; wrathful or provoked.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Without wisdom, sound judgment, or understanding; rashly or absurdly.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Plans, purposes, designs, or contrivances.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Greatly disliked.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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Open the full verse study29He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
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Open the full verse study9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
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Open the full verse study19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
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Open the full verse study22An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
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Open the full verse study18A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
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Open the full verse study32He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
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Open the full verse study24Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
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Open the full verse study6And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
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Open the full verse study5¶ Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
6And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
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Open the full verse study7The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
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Open the full verse study26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
28They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
29Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
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Open the full verse study16A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
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Open the full verse study2A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
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Open the full verse study18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
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