Proverbs 14:29
If you're slow to get angry, you're very wise; but if you have a short fuse you glorify stupidity.
Free Bible 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
28The glory of a king is the number of his subjects, for a ruler is nothing without them.
30A peaceful mind makes your body healthy, but jealousy makes your bones rot.
Cross References
Numbers 12:3Moses was a very humble man, more than anyone else on earth.
Proverbs 14:17Quick-tempered people act foolishly, while people who make evil plans are hated.
Proverbs 16:32Better to be slow to anger than to be powerful, better to have self-control than to conquer a town.
Proverbs 22:24Don't make friends with someone who gets upset easily; don't associate with angry people,
Proverbs 25:28Someone without control is as exposed as a town whose walls have been breached.
Ecclesiastes 7:9Don't be quick to get angry, for anger controls the minds of fools.
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 →