Proverbs 14:29
He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.
Bible in Basic English
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 quiet mind is the life of the body, but envy is a disease in the bones.
Cross References
Numbers 12:3Now the man Moses was more gentle than any other man on earth.
Proverbs 14:17He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.
Proverbs 16:32He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.
Proverbs 22:24Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man:
Proverbs 25:28He whose spirit is uncontrolled is like an unwalled town which has been broken into.
Ecclesiastes 7:9Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.
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 →