Proverbs 15:18

“A wrathful man stirreth up strife, etc.] A man of a wrathful disposition, of a furious spirit, of an angry temper; that is under the power and dominion of such a passion, and indulges it, and takes all opportunities to gratify it; he stirs up strife and contention where there was none, or where it was laid; as a man stirs up coals of fire and raises a flame; (see <202621> Proverbs 26:21). He stirs up strife in families, sets one relation against another, and the house in an uproar; he stirs up contentions in neighbourhoods, and sets one friend and neighbour against another, whence proceed quarrels and lawsuits: he stirs up strife in churches, breaks brotherly love, and causes animosities and…”

“(Compare Pro 14:29; Pro 16:32).”

“15:18 Controlling one’s anger is a sign of wisdom (see also Jas 1:19-20).”

“wrathful: Pro 10:12, Pro 26:21, Pro 28:25, Pro 29:22; Sa2 19:43, Sa2 20:1; Jam 3:14-16 he: Pro 15:1, Pro 25:15; Gen 13:8, Gen 13:9; Jdg 8:1-3; 1Sam. 25:24-44; Ecc 10:4; Mat 5:9; Act 6:1-5; Jam 1:19, Jam 1:20 Proverbs 15:19”

“Two proverbs of two different classes of men, each second line of which terminates with a catchword having a similar sound (וארך, וארח). 18 A passionate man stirreth up strife, And one who is slow to anger allayeth contention. Pro 28:25 and Pro 29:22 are variations of the first line of this proverb. The Pih. גּרה occurs only these three times in the phrase גּרה מדון, R. גר, to grind, thus to strike, to irritate, cogn. to (but of a different root from) the verb עורר, to excite, Pro 10:12, and חרחר, to set on fire, Pro 26:21, cf. שׁלּח, Pro 6:14. Regarding חמה, vid., Pro 15:1; we call such a man a "hot-head;" but the biblical conception nowhere (except in the Book of Daniel) places the head in…”