Proverbs 14:29
“He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.”
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Cross-References
“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:”
“Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:”
“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.”
“Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.”
“Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.”