Proverbs 22:24 (KJV)

Passage

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

Nearby Context

Proverbs 22:22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Proverbs 22:23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

Proverbs 22:24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

Proverbs 22:25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

Proverbs 22:26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "make", "friendship", "angry", "furious", "thou", and "shalt". 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 plead their cause..." into verse 25's "Lest thou learn his ways and get...", 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.