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Proverbs 14:29 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 14 · verse 29
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.Proverbs 14:29 · King James Version
Proverbs 14:29 in context
27The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
28In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
29He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
30A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
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Cross references
- James 1:19
- Ecclesiastes 7:9
- Proverbs 14:17
- Proverbs 15:18
- Proverbs 16:32
- Proverbs 19:11
- Numbers 12:3
- Proverbs 22:24-25
Key words (Strong's)
- understandingtâbûwnintelligenceH8394 →
- exaltethrûwmto be high actively, to rise or raiseH7311 →
- spiritrûwachwindH7307 →
- wrathʼaphproperly, the nose or nostrilH639 →
- greatrababundantH7227 →
- hastyqâtsêrshortH7116 →
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Note, 1. Meekness is wisdom. He rightly understands himself, and his duty and interest, the infirmities of human nature, and the constitution of human society, who is slow to anger, and knows how to excuse the faults of others as well as his own, how to adjourn his resentments, and moderate them, so as by no…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary