Proverbs 14:29
He who is slow to anger is of great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exalts folly.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
In Context
30A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh, but envy is the rottenness of the bones.
Cross References
Numbers 12:3Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men who were upon the face of the earth.
Proverbs 14:17He who is soon angry will deal foolishly. And a man of wicked devices is hated.
Proverbs 16:32He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
Proverbs 22:24Make no friendship with a man who is given to anger, and thou shall not go with a wrathful man,
Proverbs 25:28He whose spirit is without restraint is a city that is broken down and without walls.
Ecclesiastes 7:9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:29
28 In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince. Here are two maxims in politics, which carry their own evidence with them:—1. That it is much for the honour of a king to have a populous kingdom; it is a sign that he rules well, since strangers are hereby invited to come and settle under his protection and his own subjects live comfortably; it is a sign that he and his kingdom are under the blessing of God, the effect of which is being fruitful and… Read the whole commentary →