Proverbs 16:32
The patient man is better than the valiant: and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh cities.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
31Old age is a crown of dignity, when it is found in the ways of justice.
33Lots are cast into the lap, but they are disposed of by the Lord.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:29He that is patient, is governed with much wisdom: but he that is impatient, exalteth his folly.
Proverbs 16:19It is better to be humbled with the meek, than to divide spoils with the proud.
Proverbs 25:15By patience a prince shall be appeased, and a soft tongue shall break hardness.
Ecclesiastes 7:9Better is the end of a speech than the beginning. Better is the patient man than the presumptuous.
Ephesians 5:1Be ye therefore followers of God, as most dear children;
Revelation 3:21To him that shall overcome, I will give to sit with me in my throne: as I also have overcome, and am set 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 →