Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 14:17
Proverbs 14:17. He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly His passion hurries him into many rash and foolish speeches and actions; and a man of wicked devices One who, it may be, suppresses his passion, but designs and meditates revenge, watching for the fittest opportunities of executing it; is hated Both by God and men; as being most deeply malicious, and like the devil, and most dangerous and pernicious to human society. The LXX. translate this verse, Οξυθυμος πρασσει μετα αβουλιας ,... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 14:16
Proverbs 14:16. A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil He trembles at God’s judgments when they are either inflicted or threatened; and shuns sin, which is the procuring cause of all calamities; but the fool rages Frets against God, or is enraged against his messengers who declare the threatening; or, as the Hebrew, מתעבר , should rather be translated here, transgresseth, or goeth on in sin constantly and resolutely; which is fitly opposed to departing from evil; as his being ... read more