“He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.”

Proverbs 14:29 (KJV) |

Proverbs 14:29

From Proverbs 14, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).

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27

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

28

In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

29

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

30

A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

31

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

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