Proverbs 22:24 (GNV)

Passage

Make no friendship with an angrie man, neither goe with the furious man,

Nearby Context

Proverbs 22:22 Robbe not the poore, because hee is poore, neither oppresse the afflicted in iudgement.

Proverbs 22:23 For the Lord will defende their cause, and spoyle the soule of those that spoyle them.

Proverbs 22:24 Make no friendship with an angrie man, neither goe with the furious man,

Proverbs 22:25 Least thou learne his wayes, and receiue destruction to thy soule.

Proverbs 22:26 Be not thou of them that touch the hand, nor among them that are suretie for debts.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "make", "friendship", "angrie", "neither", and "furious". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "make" and "friendship", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "For the Lord will defende their cause..." into verse 25's "Least thou learne his wayes and receiue...", so "make" and "friendship" belong inside that flow. In Proverbs context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "make" and "friendship" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.