Proverbs 14:17
"He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated."
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- Proverbs 14:29
"He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 7:9
"Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 29:22
"An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression."
Read in chapter → - James 1:19
"Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 15:18
"A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 22:24
"Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 16:32
"He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city."
Read in chapter → - Esther 7:5
"Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 6:18
"An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,"
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 32:7
"The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right."
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