Proverbs 22:24 - Compare All Versions

Proverbs 22:24-25 MSG (The Message)

Don’t hang out with angry people; don’t keep company with hotheads. Bad temper is contagious— don’t get infected.

Proverbs 22:24 KJV (King James Version)

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

Proverbs 22:24 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Do not associate with a man given to anger; Or go with a hot-tempered man

Proverbs 22:24 NCV (New Century Version)

Don’t make friends with quick-tempered people or spend time with those who have bad tempers.

Proverbs 22:24 ASV (American Standard Version)

Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go

Proverbs 22:24 NIV (New International Version)

Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered

Proverbs 22:24 NKJV (New King James Version)

Make no friendship with an angry man, And with a furious man do not go

Proverbs 22:24 AMP (Amplified Bible)

¶Do not even associate with a man given to angry outbursts; Or go [along] with a hot-tempered man

Proverbs 22:24 NLT (New Living Translation)

Don’t befriend angry people or associate with hot-tempered people

Proverbs 22:24-25 TPT (The Passion Translation)

Walk away from an angry man or you’ll embrace a snare in your soul by becoming bad-tempered just like him.

Proverbs 22:24 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man