Proverbs 16:32
A patient man is better the one strong: and he that can rule hym selfe, is more worth then he that wynneth a citie.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
In Context
31Age is a crowne of worshyp, yf it be founde in the way of ryghteousnesse.
33The lottes are cast into the lappe: but the orderyng therof standeth all in the Lorde.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:29He that is patient hath much vnderstanding: but he that is soone displeased, exalteth foolishnesse.
Proverbs 16:19Better it is to be of humble mynde with the lowly, the to deuide the spoyles with the proude.
Proverbs 25:15With pacience is a prince pacified, and with a softe tongue is rigorousnesse broken.
Ecclesiastes 7:9Be not hastyly angrie in thy minde: for wrath resteth in the bosome of fooles.
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 →