Proverbs 16:32 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

Psalm 103:8

The LORD is full of compassion and gracious, Slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

Proverbs 14:29

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

Proverbs 15:18

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

Proverbs 16:19

Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Proverbs 16:31

The hoary head is a crown of glory, It shall be found in the way of righteousness.

Proverbs 16:33

The lot is cast into the lap; But the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.

Proverbs 19:11

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

Proverbs 25:15

By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

Proverbs 25:28

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

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.

Romans 12:21

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Ephesians 5:1

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

James 1:19

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

Revelation 3:21

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.