Proverbs 14:29
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אַף
ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
תָּבוּן
tâbûwn
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
אוּץ
ʼûwts
to press; (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw
רוּחַ
rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...
רוּם
rûwm
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
נְבָלָה
nᵉbâlâh
foolishness, i.e. (morally) wickedness; concretely, a crime; by extension, punishment
Key Terms in This Verse
רוּם rûwm
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
Study H7311 →נְבָלָה nᵉbâlâh
foolishness, i.e. (morally) wickedness; concretely, a crime; by extension, punishment
Study H5039 →תָּבוּן tâbûwn
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
Study H8394 →אַף ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
Study H639 →רוּחַ rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational...
Study H7307 →Cross References
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and...
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