Proverbs 14:29 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁹ Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but one who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exposes and exalts his folly. [Prov. 16:32; James 1:19.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

Common English Bible

²⁹ Patience leads to abundant understanding, but impatience leads to stupid mistakes.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ Whoever is patient is governed by much prudence. But whoever is impatient exalts his foolishness.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ He that is patient, is governed with much wisdom: but he that is impatient, exalteth his folly.

Proverbs 14:29 Cross References

Proverbs 14:17

One who is quick-tempered acts foolishly, and the schemer is hated.

Proverbs 14:28

The glory of a king is a multitude of people; without people a prince is ruined.

Proverbs 15:18

Those who are hot-tempered stir up strife, but those who are slow to anger calm contention.

Proverbs 16:32

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and one whose temper is controlled than one who captures a city.

Proverbs 17:27

One who spares words is knowledgeable; one who is cool in spirit has understanding.

Proverbs 19:11

Those with good sense are slow to anger, and it is their glory to overlook an offense.

Proverbs 25:28

Like a city breached, without walls, is one who lacks self-control.

Proverbs 25:8

do not hastily bring into court, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?

Proverbs 4:8

Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.

Ecclesiastes 10:6

folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; the patient in spirit are better than the proud in spirit.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be quick to anger, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.

Numbers 12:3

Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than anyone else on the face of the earth.

Matthew 11:29

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Matthew 2:16

When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned from the magi.

James 1:19

You must understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger,