Parallel Verses
NET Bible
The one who is slow to anger has great understanding, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.
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.
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 A king's glory is the abundance of people, but the lack of subjects is the ruin of a ruler. 29 The one who is slow to anger has great understanding, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly. 30 A tranquil spirit revives the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.
Phrases
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Do not let yourself be quickly provoked, for anger resides in the lap of fools.
James 1:19
Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.
Proverbs 14:17
A person who has a quick temper does foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes is hated.
Proverbs 16:32
Better to be slow to anger than to be a mighty warrior, and one who controls his temper is better than one who captures a city.
Proverbs 15:18
A quick-tempered person stirs up dissension, but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel.
Proverbs 19:11
A person's wisdom makes him slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
Numbers 12:3
(Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than any man on the face of the earth.)
Proverbs 22:24-25
Do not make friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a wrathful person,
Proverbs 25:28
Like a city that is broken down and without a wall, so is a person who cannot control his temper.
Proverbs 4:8
Esteem her highly and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.
Proverbs 25:8
Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?
Ecclesiastes 10:6
Fools are placed in many positions of authority, while wealthy men sit in lowly positions.
Matthew 2:16
When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.
Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
1 Corinthians 13:4-5
Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.
James 3:17-18
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical.
Daniel 3:19-25
Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and his disposition changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than it was normally heated.