Verse 16

Fools show their anger at once, but the prudent quietly overlook an insult.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 29:11 : 11 A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man calmly holds it back.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 My beloved brothers and sisters, let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger.
  • Prov 10:12 : 12 Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers all offenses.
  • Prov 17:9 : 9 Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.
  • Prov 25:28 : 28 Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.
  • Prov 14:33 : 33 Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning, but it becomes known even among fools.
  • Prov 16:22 : 22 Understanding is a fountain of life to the one who has it, but the discipline of fools is folly.
  • 1 Sam 20:30-34 : 30 Saul’s anger flared up at Jonathan, and he said to him, 'You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don’t I know that you have sided with the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?' 31 As long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established. Now send someone to bring him to me, for he must die!' 32 Jonathan responded to his father Saul and asked, 'Why should he be put to death? What has he done?' 33 But Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him. Then Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David. 34 Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger. He did not eat any food on the second day of the month, because he was grieved at his father’s shameful treatment of David.
  • 1 Kgs 19:1-2 : 1 Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, 'May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I don’t make your life like the life of one of them.'