The King James Version Bible

Proverbs 14:29

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

Cross References

  1. Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
  2. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
  3. He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
  4. He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
  5. A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
  6. The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
  7. (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
  8. Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
  9. He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
  10. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
  11. 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.
  12. Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
  16. 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. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
  17. Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.