Proverbs 14:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly His passion hurries him into many rash and foolish speeches and actions; and a man of wicked devices One who, it may be, suppresses his passion, but designs and meditates revenge, watching for the fittest opportunities of executing it; is hated Both by God and men; as being most deeply malicious, and like the devil, and most dangerous and pernicious to human society. The LXX. translate this verse, Οξυθυμος πρασσει μετα αβουλιας, ανηρ δε φρονιμος πολλα υποφερει, A hasty man acteth rashly, but a prudent man endureth many things: to which Houbigant's translation is similar, He who is soon angry will deal inconsiderately; a considerate man will endure patiently.