Proverbs 14:29 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁹ He that is slow to anger is of great understanding: But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth 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

He that is soon angry will deal foolishly: And a man of wicked devices is hated.

Proverbs 14:28

In the multitude of people is the king's glory: But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

Proverbs 15:18

A wrathful man stirreth up contention: But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

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 17:27

He that spareth his words hath knowledge: And he that is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

Proverbs 19:11

The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

Proverbs 25:28

He whose spirit is without restraint Is like a city that is broken down and hath no wall.

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.

Proverbs 4:8

Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: She shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

Ecclesiastes 10:6

folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Numbers 12:3

Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.

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.

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 male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had carefully learned of the wise men.

James 1:19

Ye know this, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: