Proverbs · Chapter 14 King James Version

Proverbs 14:29

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The Scripture

(29) He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)

In Proverbs 14 the text contrasts the wise and the foolish, emphasizing that the wise person listens to counsel while the foolish one rejects it. It also notes that the wise man is a friend to the poor and the fool to the rich, and that the wise will prosper while the foolish will be his own ruin.

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