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

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King James Bible — Proverbs 22:24
Date
1611
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King James Version translation committees · from Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic / Koine Greek
Meaning

Meaning of “Make no friendship with an angry man; and…”

The proverb treats repeated fury as socially contagious, warning that close association can shape habits and judgment.

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Proverbs 22:24 in the King James Version; the next verse warns that a person can learn the ways of the habitually angry.

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