Proverbs 14:17 Themes and Topics

An angry man stirs up strife. The slow to anger calms disputes. Verse Concepts

An angry man stirs up dissension. A furious man abounds in sin. Verse Concepts

He who is quick-tempered deals foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated. Verse Concepts

The people curse and the nations abhor the man who says to the wicked, You are righteous. Verse Concepts

You are going to be destroyed! What are you going to do? Why do you dress in scarlet (crimson) and put on gold jewelry? Why do you wear eye shadow? You are making yourself beautiful for nothing. Your lovers despise you. They want to kill you. Verse Concepts

He who is quick-tempered deals foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated. Verse Concepts

There is no relief for your pain. Your wound is grievous! All who hear the report about you applaud for your wickedness affected everyone. Verse Concepts

A man is commended according to his wisdom. He with a perverse heart will be despised. Verse Concepts

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. Verse Concepts

Men will clap their hands in derision (ridicule) and hiss him out of his place. Verse Concepts

The righteous also sees, and fears, and laughs at him. They say: Verse Concepts

Then they will go out and look at the corpses of those who have rebelled (sinned) against me. The worms that eat them will not die. The fire that burns them will not go out and they will disgust all humanity. Verse Concepts

He who is quick-tempered deals foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated. Verse Concepts

He who trusts in his own heart is a fool. He who walks wisely will be delivered. Verse Concepts

Truly a fool hides hatred with lying lips, and speaks slander. Verse Concepts

Every one who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand. The rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and battered the house and it fell with a great crash. When Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were astonished at what he taught.

Why do you call me Lord, and do not do what I tell you to do? Every one who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you to whom he is like. He is like a man building a house. He dug and laid a deep foundation upon the rock. A flood sent a stream of water against the house and could not shake it because it was well built. read more.
He who hears but does not do is like a man who built a house upon the earth without a foundation. A flood will send a stream of water and immediately it will fall. The ruin of that house will be great.

for when they knew God, they did not glorify him as God. They did not thank him and were vain in their reasoning, for their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools.