Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays 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.
NET Bible
The one who is slow to anger has great understanding, but the one who has a quick temper exalts 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 people is the king's glory, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince. 29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly. 30 The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.
Phrases
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
James 1:19
This you know, my beloved brothers. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
Proverbs 14:17
He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.
Proverbs 16:32
One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
Proverbs 15:18
A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.
Proverbs 19:11
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
Numbers 12:3
Now the man Moses was very humble, above all the men who were on the surface of the earth.
Proverbs 22:24-25
Do not befriend a hot-tempered man, and do not associate with one who harbors anger:
Proverbs 25:28
Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.
Proverbs 4:8
Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.
Proverbs 25:8
Do not be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?
Ecclesiastes 10:6
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.
Matthew 2:16
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.
Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.
1 Corinthians 13:4-5
Love is patient and is kind; love does not envy. Love does not brag, is not proud,
James 3:17-18
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy.
Daniel 3:19-25
Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the expression of his face 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.