Verse 29

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

Referenced Verses

  • Jas 1:19 : 19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
  • Eccl 7:9 : 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
  • Prov 14:17 : 17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
  • Prov 16:32 : 32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
  • Prov 19:11 : 11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
  • Prov 15:18 : 18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
  • Num 12:3 : 3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
  • Prov 22:24-25 : 24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: 25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
  • Prov 25:28 : 28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
  • Jas 3:17-18 : 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
  • Eccl 10:6 : 6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
  • Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
  • Matt 11:29 : 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
  • 1 Cor 13:4-5 : 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
  • Prov 25:8 : 8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
  • Prov 4:8 : 8 Exalt her, and she shall omote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.