Proverbs 14:29
A man slow to wrath abounds in wisdom: but a man of impatient spirit is very foolish.
LXX2012 (British)
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
28In a populous nation is the glory of a king: but in the failure of people is the ruin of a prince.
30A meek-spirited man is a healer of the heart: but a sensitive heart is a corruption of the bones.
Cross References
Numbers 12:3And the man Moses was very meek beyond all the men that were upon the earth.
Proverbs 14:17A passionate man acts inconsiderately; but a sensible man bears up under many things.
Proverbs 16:32A man slow to anger is better than a strong man; and he that governs his temper better than he that takes a city.
Proverbs 22:24Be not companion to a furious man; neither lodge with a passionate man:
Proverbs 25:28As a city whose walls are broken down, and which is unfortified, so is a man who does anything without counsel.
Ecclesiastes 7:9The end of a matter is better than the beginning thereof: the patient is better than the high-minded.
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 →