Amsal 21:19

21:19 It is better to live ¹  in a desert land ² 

than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked ³  woman.

Amsal 29:22

29:22 An angry person ⁴  stirs up dissension,

and a wrathful person ⁵  is abounding in transgression. ⁶ 

1 Korintus 13:5

13:5 It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful.

1 Timotius 3:3

3:3 not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money.

Titus 1:7

1:7 For the overseer ⁷  must be blameless as one entrusted with God’s work, ⁸  not arrogant, not prone to anger, not a drunkard, not violent, not greedy for gain.

[21:19]  ¹ tn The Hebrew form שֶׁבֶת (shevet) is the infinitive construct of יָשַׁב (yashav), functioning as the subject of the sentence.

[21:19]  ² sn The verse makes the same point as 21:9 and 25:24; but “desert land” is substituted. It would be a place sparsely settled and quiet.

[21:19]  ³ tn The Hebrew noun כַּעַס (ka’as) means “vexation; anger.” The woman is not only characterized by a quarrelsome spirit, but also anger – she is easily vexed (cf. NAB “vexatious”; NASB “vexing”; ASV, NRSV “fretful”). The translation “easily-provoked” conveys this idea well.

[29:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “a man of anger.” Here “anger” is an attributive (“an angry man”). This expression describes one given to or characterized by anger, not merely temporarily angry. The same is true of the next description.

[29:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “possessor of wrath.” Here “wrath” is an attributive (cf. ASV “a wrathful man”; KJV “a furious man”).

[29:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “an abundance of transgression.” The phrase means “abounding in transgression” (BDB 913 s.v. רַב 1.d]). Not only does the angry person stir up dissension, but he also frequently causes sin in himself and in others (e.g., 14:17, 29; 15:18; 16:32; 22:24).

[1:7]  ⁷ sn The overseer is another term for the same official position of leadership as the “elder.” This is seen in the interchange of the two terms in this passage and in Acts 20:17, 28, as well as in the parallels between these verses and 1 Tim 3:1-7.

[1:7]  ⁸ tn Grk “as God’s steward.”