Proverbs 16:32

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.

Cross References

James 1:19

You know, my dearest brethren. And let every man be swift to hear, but slow to speak, and slow to anger.

Proverbs 15:18

A passionate man stirreth up strifes: he that is patient appeaseth those that are stirred up.

Proverbs 25:28

As a city that lieth open and is not compassed with walls, so is a man that cannot refrain his own spirit in speaking.

Proverbs 14:29

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

Romans 12:21

Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil by good.

Proverbs 19:11

The learning of a man is known by patience and his glory is to pass over wrongs.

Psalm 103:8

The mountains ascend, and the plains descend into the place which thou hast founded for them.

Ephesians 5:1

Be ye therefore followers of God, as most dear children;

Revelation 3:21

To him that shall overcome, I will give to sit with me in my throne: as I also have overcome, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

Proverbs 16:19

It is better to be humbled with the meek, than to divide spoils with the proud.

2 Kings 5:12

Are not the Abana, and the Pharphar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel, that I may wash in them, and be made clean? So, as he turned and was going away with indignation,

Proverbs 16:31

Old age is a crown of dignity, when it is found in the ways of justice.

Proverbs 16:33

Lots are cast into the lap, but they are disposed of by the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

Oppression troubleth the wise, and shall destroy the strength of his heart.

Proverbs 25:15

By patience a prince shall be appeased, and a soft tongue shall break hardness.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Better is the end of a speech than the beginning. Better is the patient man than the presumptuous.