Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Slow
Bible References
Slow
Proverbs 14:17
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
Proverbs 15:18
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Proverbs 16:32
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.
Numbers 12:3
(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men who were upon the face of the earth.)
Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me: for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls.
1 Corinthians 13:4
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
James 1:19
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
James 3:17
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 partiality, and without hypocrisy.
But
Proverbs 22:24
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Proverbs 25:8
Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Daniel 3:19
Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
Hasty
Proverbs 4:8
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.
Ecclesiastes 10:6
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.