Proverbs 29:22 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²²An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

Proverbs 29:22 —

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Cross-References

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Proverbs 15:18
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Proverbs 17:19
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
Proverbs 26:21
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Proverbs 22:24
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

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Anger Contention Strife Temper Wrath

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 22)

See here the mischief that flows from an angry, passionate, furious disposition. 1. It makes men provoking to one another: An angry man stirs up strife, is troublesome and quarrelsome in the family and in the neighbourhood, blows the coals, and even forces those to fall out with him that would live peaceable and quietly by him. 2. It makes men provoking to God: A furious man, who is wedded to his…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 22)

22. (Compare Pr 15:18). Such are delighted by discord and violence.