New English Translation
Proverbs 14:29
29The one who is slow to anger has great understanding, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.
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 like a life-giving fountain, to turn people from deadly snares. 28A king’s glory is the abundance of people, but the lack of subjects is the ruin of a ruler. The one who is slow to anger has great understanding, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly. 30A tranquil spirit revives the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones. 31The one who oppresses the poor insults his Creator, but whoever shows favor to the needy honors him.
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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 person who has a quick temper does foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes is hated.
- Proverbs 15:18A quick-tempered person stirs up dissension, but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel.
- Proverbs 16:32Better to be slow to anger than to be a mighty warrior, and one who controls his temper is better than one who captures a city.
- Numbers 12:3(Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than any man on the face of the earth.)
- Matthew 11:29Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.
- James 1:19Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.
- James 3:17But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical.
- Proverbs 22:24Do not make friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a wrathful person,
- Proverbs 25:8Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?
- Ecclesiastes 7:9Do not let yourself be quickly provoked, for anger resides in the lap of fools.
- Daniel 3:19Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and his disposition changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than it was normally heated.
- Matthew 2:16When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.
- Proverbs 4:8Esteem her highly and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.
- Ecclesiastes 10:6Fools are placed in many positions of authority, while wealthy men sit 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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