Proverbs 14:29
Whoever is slow to anger [is] of great understanding, || And whoever is short in temper is exalting folly.
Literal Standard 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
30A healed heart [is] life to the flesh, || And rottenness to the bones [is] envy.
Cross References
Numbers 12:3And the man Moses [is] very humble, more than any of the men who [are] on the face of the ground.
Proverbs 14:17Whoever is short of temper does folly, || And a man of wicked schemes is hated.
Proverbs 16:32Better [is] the [one] slow to anger than the mighty, || And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking a city.
Proverbs 22:24Do not show yourself friendly with an angry man, || And do not go in with a man of fury,
Proverbs 25:28A city broken down without walls, || [Is] a man without restraint over his spirit!
Ecclesiastes 7:9Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry, || For anger in the bosom of fools rests.
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 →