Proverbs 16:32; Proverbs 19:11; Proverbs 14:17; Ecclesiastes 7:9; James 1:19

32  jWhoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty,

and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

11  pGood sense makes one slow to anger,

and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

17  A man of cquick temper acts foolishly,

and a man of evil devices is hated.

9  rBe not quick in your spirit to become angry,

sfor anger lodges in the heart1 of fools.

Hearing and Doing the Word

19 gKnow this, my beloved brothers: let every person hbe quick to hear, islow to speak, jslow to anger;