Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
Proverbs 16:32 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 Better to be patient than a warrior, and better to have self-control than to capture a city. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 The patient man is better than the valiant: and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh cities. |
Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
The LORD is full of compassion and gracious, Slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
He that is slow to anger is of great understanding: But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
A wrathful man stirreth up contention: But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.
The hoary head is a crown of glory, It shall be found in the way of righteousness.
The lot is cast into the lap; But the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
He whose spirit is without restraint Is like a city that is broken down and hath no wall.
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Ye know this, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne.