Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
But he who is
King James Version
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Holman Bible
but a quick-tempered one promotes foolishness.
International Standard Version
Being slow to get angry compares to great understanding as being quick-tempered compares to stupidity.
A Conservative Version
He who is slow to anger is of great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exalts folly.
American Standard Version
He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Amplified
He who is slow to anger has great understanding [and profits from his self-control],
But he who is quick-tempered exposes and exalts his foolishness [for all to see].
Bible in Basic English
He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.
Darby Translation
He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Julia Smith Translation
The slow to anger of much understanding: and the short of spirit exalts folly.
King James 2000
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalts folly.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[He who is] slow to anger [has] great understanding, but the hasty of spirit exalts folly.
Modern King James verseion
He who is slow to wrath is of great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exalts folly.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Patience is a token of wisdom; but wrath and hasty displeasure is a token of foolishness.
NET Bible
The one who is slow to anger has great understanding, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.
New Heart English Bible
He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.
The Emphasized Bible
One slow to anger, hath great understanding, but, the hasty in spirit, exalteth folly.
Webster
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
World English Bible
He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.
Youngs Literal Translation
Whoso is slow to anger is of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.
Themes
Anger » A characteristic of fools
Anger » Those that are slow to anger
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 14:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
28
In the multitude of the people is the king's glory, but in the failure of the people is the weakness of the prince.
29
But he who is
Phrases
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Do not be hasty in thy spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
James 1:19
Therefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
Proverbs 14:17
He that is soon angry shall deal foolishly, and the man of wicked devices shall be hated.
Proverbs 16:32
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that rules his spirit than he that takes a city.
Proverbs 15:18
A wrathful man stirs up strife, but he that is slow to anger appeases strife.
Proverbs 19:11
The discretion of a man defers his anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Numbers 12:3
(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
Proverbs 22:24-25
Do not meddle with an angry man, and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Proverbs 25:28
The man whose spirit has no restraint is like a city that is broken down and without walls.
Proverbs 4:8
Grow in wisdom, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou hast embraced her.
Proverbs 25:8
Do not go forth hastily to strive lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof when thy neighbour has put thee to shame.
Ecclesiastes 10:6
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich are seated in a low place.
Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, seeing that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth and sent forth and killed all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had understood of the wise men.
Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am meek and humble of heart, and ye shall find rest for your souls.
1 Corinthians 13:4-5
Charity suffers long and is benign; charity envies not; charity does nothing without due reason, is not puffed up,
James 3:17-18
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, modest, benevolent, full of mercy and of good fruits, not judgmental, unfeigned.
Daniel 3:19-25
Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; therefore he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was customary to be heated.