Proverbs 14:29
He that is slowe to wrath, is of great wisdome: but he that is of an hastie minde, exalteth follie.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 sounde heart is the life of the flesh: but enuie is the rotting of the bones.
Cross References
Numbers 12:3(But Moses was a verie meeke man, aboue all the men that were vpon the earth)
Proverbs 14:17He that is hastie to anger, committeth follie, and a busie body is hated.
Proverbs 16:32He that is slowe vnto anger, is better then the mightie man: and hee that ruleth his owne minde, is better then he that winneth a citie.
Proverbs 22:24Make no friendship with an angrie man, neither goe with the furious man,
Proverbs 25:28A man that refraineth not his appetite, is like a citie which is broken downe and without walles.
Ecclesiastes 7:9Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad: and the rewarde destroyeth the heart.
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 →