Proverbs 14:29

Proverbs Of Solomon

²⁸ In a multitude of people is a king’s glory,
But in the dearth of people is a prince’s ruin.
²⁹ He who is slow to anger has great understanding,
But he who is quick-tempered exalts folly.
³⁰ A tranquil heart is life to the body,
But passion is rottenness to the bones.

Slow to Anger

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be eager in your heart to be angry,
For anger resides in the bosom of fools.

James 1:19

This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger;

Proverbs 14:17

A quick-tempered man acts foolishly,
And a man of evil devices is hated.

Proverbs 16:32

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
And he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city.

Proverbs 15:18

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife,
But the slow to anger calms a dispute.

Proverbs 19:11

A man’s discretion makes him slow to anger,
And it is his glory to overlook a transgression.

Numbers 12:3

(Now the man Moses was very humble, more than any man who was on the face of the earth.)

Proverbs 22:24-25

Do not associate with a man given to anger;
Or go with a hot-tempered man,

Proverbs 25:28

Like a city that is broken into and without walls
Is a man who has no control over his spirit.

Proverbs 4:8

“Prize her, and she will exalt you;
She will honor you if you embrace her.

Proverbs 25:8

Do not go out hastily to argue your case;
Otherwise, what will you do in the end,
When your neighbor humiliates you?

Ecclesiastes 10:6

folly is set in many exalted places while rich men sit in humble places.

Matthew 2:16

Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent and slew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the magi.

Matthew 11:29

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

1 Corinthians 13:4-5

Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant,

James 3:17-18

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.

Daniel 3:19-25

Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with wrath, and his facial expression was altered toward Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego. He answered by giving orders to heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.