Proverbs 16:32

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

Cross References

James 1:19

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

Proverbs 15:18

A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

Proverbs 25:28

Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

Proverbs 14:29

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

Romans 12:21

Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Proverbs 19:11

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

Psalm 103:8

The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.

Ephesians 5:1

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

Revelation 3:21

He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.

Proverbs 16:19

It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.

2 Kings 5:12

Aren't Amanah and Parpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Yisra'el? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

Proverbs 16:31

Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness.

Proverbs 16:33

The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

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

Proverbs 25:15

By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.