Proverbs 22:24

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: WITH A FURIOUS MAN (A POSSESSOR OF FURY) THOU SHALT NOT GO - as an associate....

Verse Proverbs 22:24. _MAKE NO FRIENDSHIP WITH AN ANGRY MAN_] _Spirit_ has a wonderful and unaccountable influence upon _spirit_. From those with whom we associate we acquire habits, and learn _their ways_, imbibe their _spirit_, show their _tempers_ and walk in their _steps_. We cannot be too choice of our _company_, for we may soon _learn ways_ that will _be a snare to our soul_....

EXPOSITION PROVERBS 22:1 A GOOD NAME IS RATHER TO BE CHOSEN THAN GREAT RICHES. It will be observed that "good" in the Authorized Version is in italics, showing that the epithet is not expressed in the Hebrew, which is simply שֵׁם (_shem_)_, _"name." But this word carried with it the notion of good repute, as in Ecclesiastes 7:1; for being well known implied honour and reputation, while being nameless (Job 30:8) signified not only obscurity, but ignominy and discredit. Hence the versions have ὄνομα καλόν_, nomen bonum, _and Ecclesiasticus 41:12, "Have regard to thy name (περὶ ὀνόματος)_, _for that shall continue with thee above a thousan

MAKE NO FRIENDSHIP WITH AN ANGRY MAN,.... Do not associate with him; contract not a familiarity with him; make him not a companion; take him not into an intimacy, or use him as a particular friend and acquaintance: a man should be courteous, and carry it civilly to all men; but he should take care whom he admits as his bosom friend; he should be cautious in his choice of a familiar friend, and not receive any; and, among the rest, avoid an angry and passionate man, one who is much given to passion himself, and stirs it up in others; for there can be no lasting peace and pleasure in such a man's company and conversation; AND WITH A FURIOUS MAN THOU SHALL NOT GO: not take a walk with him, much less a journey; or shall not be frequently together. It may be rendered, "unto a man of wraths", or of great wrath and "fury, thou shall not come"; not enter into his house, nor seek his company, an...

CHAPTER 22 INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED Better than great riches, better than silver and gold is a name and loving favor. If a person has riches and a bad name and is not well thought of, he is less honorable than the poor man who has a name and good reputation. In Ecclesiastes, Solomon says: “A good name is better than precious ointment” Ecclesiastes 7:11). The third verse has a wise message: “The prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself, but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.” The Lord has revealed in His Word the evil which is in store for the sinner and the impenitent. He also has prepared a hiding place, an ark of safety, in His Son, our Lord. The prudent believeth the Word and flees to the refuge; the simple, the unbelieving, pass on and suffer for it when the evil comes. Humility and the fear of the Lord has a reward, while thorns and snares are in the way of the

AN ANGRY MAN. a lord, or master, of anger....

_an angry man_ Better, A MAN THAT IS GIVEN TO ANGER, R.V. Lit A LORD OF ANGER. ἀνδρὶ θυμώδει, LXX.; homini iracundo, Vulg. _furious_ Rather, WRATHFUL, R.V....

MAKE NO FRIENDSHIP WITH AN ANGRY MAN— "By how much the more devoutly the laws of friendship among good men are to be observed, by so much the more it stands us upon to use all caution, even at the very first, in the prudent election of friends; and, let the dispositions and humours of our friends be what they will, so far as concerns ourselves only, they are by all means to be borne withal: but when they impose a necessity upon us to behave ourselves just as they would have us towards other men, it is a very hard and unreasonable condition of friendship. Wherefore it highly concerns us, as Solomon here admonishes, for the preservation of the peace and safety of our life, that we intermingle not our matters with men of cholerick nature, and such as easily provoke or undertake quarrels and debates; for such kinds of friends will perpetually engage us in contentions and factions, so that we...

TEXT Proverbs 22:22-29 22. Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: 23. For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them. 24. Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go: 25. Lest thou learn his ways, And get a snare to thy soul. 26. Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts. 27. If thou has not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee? 28. Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set. 29. Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall stand before mean men. STUDY QUESTIONS OVER 22:22-29

These proverbs are very unlike the preceding in tone, and style. The author's own personality is brought distinctly into view (Proverbs 22:17; Proverbs 23:15); he had a high opinion of the value of his maxims; he arranges them in strophes, not in couplets....