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

An impatient man handleth foolishly; but he that is well advised, doth other ways.

An angry man stirreth up strife; but he that is patient stilleth discord.

A patient man is better than one strong; and he that can rule himself, is more worth than he that winneth a city.

But Moses was a very meek man, above all the men of the earth.

Take my yoke on you, and learn of me; for I am meek, and lowly of heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

Love suffereth long, and is courteous. Love envieth not. Love doth not forwardly, swelleth not,

Wherefore, dear brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to wrath.

but the wisdom that is from above, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without judging, and without simulation.

But

Make no friendship with an angry willful man, and keep no company with the furious;

Be not hasty to go to the law, lest thou knowest not what to do when thy neighbor hath confounded thee.

Be not hastily angry in thy mind, for wrath resteth in the bosom of a fool.

Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of indignation, so that the countenance of his face changed upon Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Therefore he charged and commanded, that the oven should be made seven times hotter, than it was wont to be:

Then Herod, perceiving 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, as many as were two years old and under according to the time which he had diligently searched out of the wise men.

Hasty

Make much of her and she shall promote thee: Yea, if thou embracest her, she shall bring thee unto honour.

in that a fool sitteth in great dignity, and the rich are set down beneath.