Proverbs 14:29
He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who has a quick temper displays folly.
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Referenced Verses
- Jas 1:19 : 19 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
- Eccl 7:9 : 9 Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
- Prov 14:17 : 17 He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, And a crafty man is hated.
- Prov 16:32 : 32 One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; One who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
- Prov 19:11 : 11 The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
- Prov 15:18 : 18 A wrathful man stirs up contention, But one who is slow to anger appeases strife.
- Num 12:3 : 3 Now the man Moses was very humble, above all the men who were on the surface of the earth.
- Prov 22:24-25 : 24 Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, And don't associate with one who harbors anger: 25 Lest you learn his ways, And ensnare your soul.
- Prov 25:28 : 28 Like a city that is broken down and without walls Is a man whose spirit is without restraint.
- Jas 3:17-18 : 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
- Eccl 10:6 : 6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.
- Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.
- Matt 11:29 : 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.
- 1 Cor 13:4-5 : 4 Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud, 5 doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;
- Prov 25:8 : 8 Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?
- Prov 4:8 : 8 Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.
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32 One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; One who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
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