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

He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)

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.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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.

But

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

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.

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

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.

Hasty

Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.