Proverbs 14:17
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מָהַר
mâhar
properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptl...
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
מַחֲשָׁבָה
machăshâbâh
a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
Key Terms in This Verse
עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →מַחֲשָׁבָה machăshâbâh
a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
Study H4284 →מָהַר mâhar
properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptly
Study H4116 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
And 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,...
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
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