Proverbs 14:29
A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
Berean Standard Bible
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
28A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.
30A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
Cross References
Numbers 12:3Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.
Proverbs 14:17A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.
Proverbs 16:32He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
Proverbs 22:24Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
Proverbs 25:28Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
Ecclesiastes 7:9Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
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 →