16 The wise watch their steps and avoid evil; fools are headstrong and reckless.

17 The hotheaded do things they'll later regret; the coldhearted get the cold shoulder.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 14:16-17

Commentary on Proverbs 14:16

(Read Proverbs 14:16)

Holy fear guards against every thing unholy.

Commentary on Proverbs 14:17

(Read Proverbs 14:17)

An angry man is to be pitied as well as blamed; but the revengeful is more hateful.