Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
But
Bible References
Slow
Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly-minded, and 'you shall find rest for your souls';
1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is long-suffering, and kind; Love is never envious, never boastful, never conceited, never behaves unbecomingly;
James 1:19
Mark this, my dear Brothers--Let every one be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry;
James 3:17
But the wisdom from above is, before every thing else, pure; then peace-loving, gentle, open to conviction, rich in compassion and good deeds, and free from partiality and insincerity.
But
Matthew 2:16
When Herod found that he had been trifled with by the Astrologers, he was very angry. He sent and put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and the whole of that neighborhood, who were two years old or under, guided by the date which he had ascertained from the Astrologers.