Verse 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.

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.
  • 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.
  • Prov 19:11 : 11 A man's good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;
  • Prov 25:28 : 28 He whose spirit is uncontrolled is like an unwalled town which has been broken into.
  • Rom 12:21 : 21 Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil by good.
  • Eph 5:1 : 1 Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;
  • Ps 103:8 : 8 The Lord is kind and full of pity, not quickly made angry, but ever ready to have mercy.
  • Rev 3:21 : 21 To him who overcomes I will give a place with me on my high seat, even as I overcame, and am seated with my Father on his high seat.