Ecclesiastes 7:9

9  Be not quick in your spirit to become oangry,

for anger lodges in the heart1 of fools.

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Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

Proverbs 15:18
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.

Proverbs 16:32
Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

Proverbs 19:11
Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

Titus 1:7
For an overseer, as God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,

James 1:19
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;


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ch. 21:5; [Isa. 15:2; Jer. 9:26; 48:37]