Proverbs 14:29

Proverbs Of Solomon

²⁸ A large population is a king’s splendor,
but a shortage of people is a ruler’s devastation. ²⁹ A patient person shows great understanding,
but a quick-tempered one promotes foolishness. ³⁰ A tranquil heart is life to the body,
but jealousy is rottenness to the bones.

Slow to Anger

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Don’t let your spirit rush to be angry,
for anger abides in the heart of fools.

James 1:19

My dearly loved brothers, understand this: Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

Proverbs 14:17

A quick-tempered man acts foolishly,
and a man who schemes is hated.

Proverbs 16:32

Patience is better than power,
and controlling one’s temper, than capturing a city.

Proverbs 15:18

A hot-tempered man stirs up conflict,
but a man slow to anger calms strife.

Proverbs 19:11

A person’s insight gives him patience,
and his virtue is to overlook an offense.

Numbers 12:3

Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.

Proverbs 22:24-25

Don’t make friends with an angry man,
and don’t be a companion of a hot-tempered man,

Proverbs 25:28

A man who does not control his temper
is like a city whose wall is broken down.

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Proverbs 4:8

Cherish her, and she will exalt you;
if you embrace her, she will honor you.

Proverbs 25:8

Don’t take a matter to court hastily.
Otherwise, what will you do afterward
if your opponent humiliates you?

Ecclesiastes 10:6

The fool is appointed to great heights,
but the rich remain in lowly positions.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been outwitted by the wise men, flew into a rage. He gave orders to massacre all the male children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, in keeping with the time he had learned from the wise men.

Matthew 11:29

All of you, take up My yoke and learn from Me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for yourselves.

1 Corinthians 13:4-5

Love is patient, love is kind.
Love does not envy,
is not boastful, is not conceited,

James 3:17-18

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without favoritism and hypocrisy.

Daniel 3:19-25

Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times more than was customary,