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Proverbs 14:29
29A patient person shows great understanding, but a quick-tempered one promotes foolishness.
Proverbs 14:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
- New International Version (NIV)Whoever is patient has great understanding, but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He who is slow to wrath has great understanding, But he who is impulsive exalts folly.
Context of Proverbs 14:29
27The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, turning people away from the snares of death. 28A large population is a king’s splendor, but a shortage of people is a ruler’s devastation. A patient person shows great understanding, but a quick-tempered one promotes foolishness. 30A tranquil heart is life to the body, but jealousy is rottenness to the bones. 31The one who oppresses the poor person insults his Maker, but one who is kind to the needy honors him.
Read all of Proverbs 14Proverbs 14:29 word by word
אֶ֣רֶךְ אַ֭פַּיִם רַב־תְּבוּנָ֑ה וּקְצַר־ר֝֗וּחַ מֵרִ֥ים אִוֶּֽלֶת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 14:29
- Proverbs 14:17A quick-tempered person acts foolishly, and one who schemes is hated.
- Proverbs 15:18A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but one slow to anger calms strife.
- Proverbs 16:32Patience is better than power, and controlling one’s emotions, than capturing a city.
- Numbers 12:3Moses was a very humble man, more so than anyone on the face of the earth.
- Matthew 11:29Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, because I am lowly and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not arrogant,
- James 1:19My dear brothers and sisters, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
- James 3:17But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without pretense.
- Proverbs 22:24Don’t make friends with an angry person, and don’t be a companion of a hot-tempered one,
- Proverbs 25:8Don’t take a matter to court hastily. Otherwise, what will you do afterward if your opponent humiliates you?
- Ecclesiastes 7:9Don’t let your spirit rush to be angry, for anger abides in the heart of fools.
- Daniel 3:19Then 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,
- Matthew 2:16Then Herod, when he realized that he had been outwitted by the wise men, flew into a rage. He gave orders to massacre all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, in keeping with the time he had learned from the wise men.
- Proverbs 4:8Cherish her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.
- Ecclesiastes 10:6The fool is appointed to great heights, but the rich remain in lowly positions.
Commentaries on Proverbs 14:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29That is hasty of spirit - רוח קצר ketsar ruach, "the short of spirit;" one that is easily irritated; and, being in a passion, he is agitated so as to be literally short of breath. Here put in opposition to אפים ארך erech appayim, long of nostrils; see on Proverbs 14:17; (note); and of the same import with St. Paul's , longsuffering, longmindedness. See on Ephesians 4:2; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Exalteth folly - Lifts it up, as it were, on high, and exposes it to the gaze of all men.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 29Verse 29 A mild, patient man is one that learns of Christ, who is Wisdom itself. Unbridled passion is folly made known.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29Wise people manage their emotions and express them in the right way.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. slow ... understanding--(Compare Pr 14:17). hasty--(Compare Pr 14:17). exalteth folly--makes it conspicuous, as if delighting to honor it.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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