Proverbs 14:29 · KJV
“{He that is} slow to wrath {is} of great understanding: but {he that is} hasty of spirit exalteth folly. {hasty...: Heb. short of spirit}”
— Proverbs 14:29
In the multitude of people {is} the king's honour: but in the want of people {is} the destruction of the prince.
A sound heart {is} the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
Proverbs 14 — Context
The fear of the LORD {is} a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
28In the multitude of people {is} the king's honour: but in the want of people {is} the destruction of the prince.
29{He that is} slow to wrath {is} of great understanding: but {he that is} hasty of spirit exalteth folly. {hasty...: Heb. short of spirit}
30A sound heart {is} the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Cross References
James 1:19
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Proverbs 14:17
{He that is} soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
Proverbs 19:11
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and {it is} his glory to pass over a transgression. {discretion: or, prudence}
Proverbs 15:18
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but {he that is} slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Proverbs 16:32
{He that is} slow to anger {is} better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Proverbs 25:28
He that {hath} no rule over his own spirit {is like} a city {that is} broken down, {and} without walls.
Numbers 12:3
(Now the man Moses {was} very meek, above all the men which {were} upon the face of the earth.)