Do not have companionship with anyone given to anger (Proverbs 22:24,25)

5 min readOct 1, 2024

Proverbs chapter 22:

“A name is to be chosen rather than abundant riches; favor is better than even silver and gold.

2 The rich one and the one of little means have met each other. The Maker of them all is Jehovah.

3 Shrewd is the one that has seen the calamity and proceeds to conceal himself, but the inexperienced have passed along and must suffer the penalty.

4 The result of humility [and] the fear of Jehovah is riches and glory and life.

5 Thorns [and] traps are in the way of the crooked one; he that is guarding his soul keeps far away from them.

6 Train up a boy according to the way for him; even when he grows old he will not turn aside from it.

7 The rich is the one that rules over those of little means, and the borrower is servant to the man doing the lending.

8 He that is sowing unrighteousness will reap what is hurtful, but the very rod of his fury will come to its end.

9 He that is kindly in eye will be blessed, for he has given of his food to the lowly one.

10 Drive away the ridiculer, that contention may go out and that legal contest and dishonor may cease.

11 The one loving purity of heart — for the charm of his lips the king will be his companion.

12 The eyes of Jehovah himself have safeguarded knowledge, but he subverts the words of the treacherous one.

13 The lazy one has said: “There is a lion outside! In the midst of the public squares I shall be murdered!”

14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit. The one denounced by Jehovah will fall into it.

15 Foolishness is tied up with the heart of a boy; the rod of discipline is what will remove it far from him.

16 He that is defrauding the lowly one to supply many things to himself, he also that is giving to the rich one, is surely destined for want.

17 Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise ones, that you may apply your very heart to my knowledge. 18 For it is pleasant that you should keep them in your belly, that they may be firmly established together upon your lips.

19 For your confidence to come to be in Jehovah himself I have given you knowledge today, even you.

20 Have I not written you heretofore with counselings and knowledge, 21 to show you the truthfulness of true sayings, so as to return sayings that are the truth — to the one sending you forth?

22 Do not rob the lowly one because he is lowly, and do not crush the afflicted one in the gate. 23 For Jehovah himself will plead their cause, and he will certainly rob of soul those robbing them.

24 Do not have companionship with anyone given to anger; and with a man having fits of rage you must not enter in, 25 that you may not get familiar with his paths and certainly take a snare for your soul.

26 Do not get to be among those striking hands, among those who go security for loans. 27 If you have nothing to pay, why should he take your bed from under you?

28 Do not move back a boundary of long ago, which your forefathers have made.

29 Have you beheld a man skillful in his work? Before kings is where he will station himself; he will not station himself before commonplace men” (Proverbs chapter 22).

“A name is to be chosen rather than abundant riches; favor is better than even silver and gold” (verse 1). In the Bible, the name is linked with the reputation, good or bad, before God and men (Ecclesiastes 7:1).

“Shrewd is the one that has seen the calamity and proceeds to conceal himself, but the inexperienced have passed along and must suffer the penalty” (verse 3). It is stupid to take unnecessary risks by going in front of danger, to then lose life or be seriously injured, not taking into account the warnings (or by practicing dangerous sports).

“The result of humility and the fear of Jehovah is riches and glory and life” (verse 4). Jehovah God will grant glory to the humble (Luke 14:11).

“Train up a boy according to the way for him; even when he grows old he will not turn aside from it” (verse 6).

“He that is kindly in eye will be blessed, for he has given of his food to the lowly one” (verse 9; see the list of good deeds regarding the teaching of Christ in Matthew 25:31–46).

“Do not rob the lowly one because he is lowly, and do not crush the afflicted one in the gate. For Jehovah himself will plead their cause, and he will certainly rob of soul those robbing them”(verses 22,23).

“Do not have companionship with anyone given to anger; and with a man having fits of rage you must not enter in, that you may not get familiar with his paths and certainly take a snare for your soul” (verses 24,25). We could be friends of violent people, by watching movies and violent television series, having as pattern, “heroes” who solve their problems by violence and brutality, which could ultimately have a bad influence in our behavior and our way of thinking (1 Corinthians 11:33).

“Have you beheld a man skillful in his work? Before kings is where he will station himself; he will not station himself before commonplace men” (verse 29).

Reading the Bible (Reading and meditating on the biblical book of Proverbs):

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THE SPIRITUAL MAN (Existential meditation on the biblical book of Ecclesiastes):

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The Promise of God. The complete explanation of Genesis 3:15.

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