Proverbs 14:29
One slow to anger, hath great understanding, but, the hasty in spirit, exalteth folly.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
30The life of the whole body, is a tranquil mind, but, a decay of the bones, is jealousy.
Cross References
Numbers 12:3Now, the man Moses, was patient, exceedingly,—above all the sons of earth, who were on the face of the ground.
Proverbs 14:17The impatient, worketh folly, and, a man of wicked devices, is hated.
Proverbs 16:32Better he that is slow to anger, than a hero, and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that captureth a city.
Proverbs 22:24Do not have friendship with one given to anger, and, with a wrathful man, shall thou not enter in:
Proverbs 25:28A city broken down without a wall, is a man who hath no control over his own spirit.
Ecclesiastes 7:9Do not be rash in thy spirit, to be indignant,—for, indignation, in the bosom of dullards, doth remain.
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 →