Proverbs 14:29

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Summary

Proverbs 14:29

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

Slow

But

Matthew 2:16

Hasty

Proverbs 4:8

Ecclesiastes 10:6

Bible References

Slow

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

But

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

Do not go out hastily to argue your case;

Otherwise, what will you do in the end,

When your neighbor humiliates you?

Do not be

eager in your heart to be angry,

For anger resides in the bosom of fools.

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.

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.

Hasty

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

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