Proverbs 14:29 KJV
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Matthew Henry
- Proverbs 14:1–35A woman who has no fear of God, who is wilful and wasteful, and indulges her ease, will as certainly ruin her family, as if she plucked her house down. 2....
Thompson Chains
- AngerSee the chain from Psalms 37:8 · 8 links
- Self-control (1)See the chain from Proverbs 16:32 · 7 links
- Patience (1)See the chain from Ecclesiastes 7:8 · 8 links
- Rashness (1)See the chain from Proverbs 19:2 · 5 links
- Mercy (2)See the chain from Proverbs 3:3 · 8 links
- Fate of the WickedSee the chain from Psalms 37:2 · 6 links
- Death of RighteousSee the chain from Numbers 23:10 · 8 links
- Wisdom (3)See the chain from Job 28:28 · 9 links
- UnderstandingLink 10 of 15 · next Proverbs 17:21
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 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 19:11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
- Proverbs 15:18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
- Numbers 12:3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
- Proverbs 22:24–25 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: …
- Proverbs 25:28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
- Proverbs 4:8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
- Proverbs 25:8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
- Ecclesiastes 10:6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
- Matthew 2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
- Matthew 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4–5 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, …
- James 3:17–18 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. …
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Hebrew and Strong’s
- slow אֶרֶךְ ʾerek אָרֵךְ Adjective · masculine singular construct
- to wrath אַפַּיִם ʾappayim אַף Noun · masculine dual
- of great רַב rab רַב Adjective · masculine singular construct
- understanding תְּבוּנָה tĕbûnâ תָּבוּן Noun · feminine singular
- but he that is hasty וּקְצַר ûqĕṣar קָצֵר Adjective · masculine singular construct · with and
- of spirit רוּחַ rûaḥ רוּחַ Noun · masculine or feminine singular
- exalteth מֵרִים mērîm רוּם Verb · hiphil active participle, masculine singular
- folly אִוֶּלֶת ʾiwwelet אִוֶּלֶת Noun · feminine singular
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