He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty;\par\tab And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.
Ye know {\i this}, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
A wrathful man stirreth up contention;\par\tab But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
He whose spirit is without restraint\par\tab Is {\i like} a city that is broken down and without walls.\par
He that is slow to anger is of great understanding;\par\tab But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.\par
The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger;\par\tab And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Jehovah is merciful and gracious,\par\tab Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness.
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;
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.
Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor,\par\tab Than to divide the spoil with the proud.
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 hoary head is a crown of glory;\par\tab It shall be found in the way of righteousness.
The lot is cast into the lap;\par\tab But the whole disposing thereof is of Jehovah.\par
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; {\i and} the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded,\par\tab And a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.