Proverbs 16:32 - The Scriptures 2009

³² He who is patient is better than the mighty, And he who rules over his spirit than he who takes a city.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³² He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³² He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, he who rules his [own] spirit than he who takes a city.

American Standard Version (1901)

³² He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.

Common English Bible

³² Better to be patient than a warrior, and better to have self-control than to capture a city.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³² A patient man is better than a strong one. And whoever rules his soul is better than one who assaults cities.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³² The patient man is better than the valiant: and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh cities.

Proverbs 16:32 Cross References

2 Kings 5:12

“Are not the Aḇanah and the Pharpar, the rivers of Dammeseq, better than all the waters of Yisra’ĕl? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” And he turned and went away in a rage.

Psalm 103:8

יהוה is compassionate and showing favour, Patient, and great in loving-commitment.

Proverbs 14:29

He who is patient has great understanding, But he who is short of spirit exalts folly.

Proverbs 15:18

A man of wrath stirs up strife, But he who is patient appeases strife.

Proverbs 16:19

Better to be lowly in spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Proverbs 16:31

Grey hair is a crown of adorning, It is found in the way of righteousness.

Proverbs 16:33

The lot is cast into the lap, But every decision by it is from יהוה.

Proverbs 19:11

A man’s discretion makes him patient, And his adorning is to pass over a transgression.

Proverbs 25:15

Through patience a ruler is persuaded, And a soft tongue shatters a bone.

Proverbs 25:28

A man who has no control over his spirit Is like a broken-down city without a wall.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

The end of a matter is better than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be hasty in your spirit to be vexed, for vexation rests in the bosom of fools.

Romans 12:21

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Ephesians 5:1

Become, then, imitators of Elohim as beloved children.

James 1:19

So then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath,

Revelation 3:21

“To him who overcomes I shall give to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.