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Proverbs 14:29 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly. "
Proverbs 14:29
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.
28 In the multitude of people is the king’s glory, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.
29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.
30 The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.
31 He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.
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Meekness is wisdom. The person who is slow to anger understands himself, his duties, his own good, the weaknesses of human nature, and the way human life works. Such a person knows how to overlook the faults of others, as well as his own, and how to put off resentment and keep it under control. In this way, no offense can drive him out of his own peace of mind.
A gentle, patient person is really wise. He is one who learns from Christ, who is Wisdom itself.
On the other hand, uncontrolled anger is open foolishness. The person who is quick-tempered, whose heart catches fire at every small insult, may think he is making himself important and making others fear him. In truth, he is only displaying his own folly. He shows it openly, as something lifted up and visible to all, and he puts himself under its rule, as if he were governed by a higher power.
From This Chapter
Proverbs 14:1
"Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands."
Proverbs 14:2
"He who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him."
Proverbs 14:3
"The fool’s talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them."
Proverbs 14:4
"Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox."
Proverbs 14:5
"A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies."
Proverbs 14:6
"A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person."
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