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