Proverbs 16:32
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
31The hoary head is a crown of glory. It shall be found in the way of righteousness.
33The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of LORD.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:29He who is slow to anger is of great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exalts folly.
Proverbs 16:19Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Proverbs 25:15By long-suffering a ruler is persuaded, and a soft tongue breaks the bone.
Ecclesiastes 7:9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Ephesians 5:1Become ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
Revelation 3:21He who overcomes, I will give him to sit with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:32
The Sovereignty of Divine Providence. 31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. Note, 1. It ought to be the great care of old people to be found in the way of righteousness, the way of religion and serious godliness. Both God and man will look for them in that way; it will be expected that those that are old should be good, that the multitude of their years should teach them the best wisdom; let them therefore be found in that way. Death will come; the Judge is coming; the… Read the whole commentary →