Verse 8

The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 14:29 : 29 He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.
  • Heb 10:36 : 36 For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.
  • Jas 5:8 : 8 Be as calm in your waiting; let your hearts be strong: because the coming of the Lord is near.
  • 1 Pet 1:13 : 13 So make your minds ready, and keep on the watch, hoping with all your power for the grace which is to come to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
  • Luke 21:19 : 19 By going through all these things, you will keep your lives.
  • Rom 2:7-8 : 7 To those who go on with good works in the hope of glory and honour and salvation from death, he will give eternal life: 8 But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath,
  • Prov 16:32 : 32 He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.
  • Prov 28:25 : 25 He who is ever desiring profit is a cause of fighting; but he who puts his faith in the Lord will be made fat.
  • Isa 10:24-25 : 24 For this cause the Lord, the Lord of armies, says, O my people living in Zion, have no fear of the Assyrian, even if his rod comes on your back, and his stick is lifted up as in Egypt. 25 For in a very short time my passion will be over, and my wrath will be turned to their destruction.
  • Isa 10:28-34 : 28 He has gone up from Pene-Rimmon, he has come to Aiath; he has gone past Migron, at Michmash he puts his forces in order. 29 They have gone across the mountain; Geba will be our resting-place tonight, they say: Ramah is shaking with fear; Gibeah of Saul has gone in flight. 30 Give a loud cry, daughter of Gallim; let Laishah give ear; let Anathoth give answer to her. 31 Madmenah has gone; the men of Gebim are putting their goods in a safe place. 32 This very day he is stopping at Nob; he is shaking his hand against the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. 33 See, the Lord, the Lord of armies, is cutting off his branches with a great noise, and his strong ones are falling and his high ones are coming down. 34 And he is cutting down the thick places of the wood with an axe, and Lebanon with its tall trees is coming down.
  • Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.
  • Prov 15:18 : 18 An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.
  • Ps 126:5-6 : 5 Those who put in seed with weeping will get in the grain with cries of joy. 6 Though a man may go out weeping, taking his vessel of seed with him; he will come again in joy, with the corded stems of grain in his arms.
  • Prov 13:10 : 10 The only effect of pride is fighting; but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.
  • Gal 5:22 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,
  • Eph 4:2 : 2 With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;
  • 1 Pet 2:20-21 : 20 What credit is it if, when you have done evil, you take your punishment quietly? but if you are given punishment for doing right, and take it quietly, this is pleasing to God. 21 This is God's purpose for you: because Jesus himself underwent punishment for you, giving you an example, so that you might go in his footsteps:
  • 1 Pet 5:5-6 : 5 And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low. 6 For this cause make yourselves low under the strong hand of God, so that when the time comes you may be lifted up;
  • Jas 5:11 : 11 We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.