Proverbs 14:17 (BSB)

A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.

From Proverbs 14. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 14:17

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 14:17: Note, 1. Passionate men are justly laughed at. Men who are peevish and touchy, and are soon angry upon every the least provocation, deal foolishly; they say and do that which is ridiculous, and so expose themselves to contempt; they themselves cannot but be ashamed of it when the heat is over.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 14:17: He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly,.... A man that is quick and short, of a hasty spirit, and presently discovers anger and resentment in his face; he says and does many foolish things, which he afterwards is sorry for, and repents, and is ashamed of; and he is to be pitied and forgiven; and a man of wicked devices is hated; one that hides...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 14:17: He . . . angry--literally, "short of anger" (compare Pro 14:29, opposite idea). man . . . hated--that is, the deliberate evildoer is more hated than the rash.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 14:17: Pro 14:17 This verse, as if explanatory of מתעבר, connects itself with this interpretation of the contrasts, corresponding to the general usus loquendi, and particularly to the Mishle style. One who is quick to anger worketh folly, And a man of intrigues is hated. Ewald finds here no right contrast.