Proverbs 14:29
Whoever is patient is governed by much prudence. But whoever is impatient exalts his foolishness.
Catholic Public Domain 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
30The well-being of the heart is life for the flesh. But envy is decay for the bones.
Cross References
Numbers 12:3(for Moses was a man exceedingly meek, beyond all the men who were living upon the earth)
Proverbs 14:17The impatient will work foolishness. And a resourceful man is hated.
Proverbs 16:32A patient man is better than a strong one. And whoever rules his soul is better than one who assaults cities.
Proverbs 22:24Do not be willing to be a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man,
Proverbs 25:28Just like a city lying in the open and without surrounding walls, so also is a man who is unable to restrain his own spirit in speaking.
Ecclesiastes 7:9The end of a speech is better than the beginning. Patience is better than arrogance.
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 →