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 man of quick temper acts foolishly, and a man of evil devices is hated.

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.

Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth.

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.

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.

But

Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man,

do not hastily bring into court, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?

Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.

Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury, and the expression of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was usually heated.

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.

Hasty

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

folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place.