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 who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.

A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

Now the man Moses was very humble, above all the men who were on the surface 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 is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud,

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

But

Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger:

Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his appearance was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: [therefore] he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.

Hasty

Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.

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