Proverbs 14:29
Whoso is slow to anger [is] of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.
Young's Literal Translation
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 the multitude of a people [is] the honour of a king, And in lack of people the ruin of a prince.
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 14:17Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated.
Proverbs 16:32Better [is] the slow to anger than the mighty, And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking a city.
Proverbs 22:24Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,
Proverbs 25:28A city broken down without walls, [Is] a man without restraint over his spirit!
Ecclesiastes 7:9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.
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 →