Cross references

Proverbs 14:29

A patient man has great understanding,

but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.

Proverbs 14:29 BSB

Proverbs 14:29 has 17 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 17 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to James 1:19 (27 votes) and Ecclesiastes 7:9 (24 votes). 20 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Genesis 16 to James 3.

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Which verses does Proverbs 14:29 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. James 1:1927 votes

    My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

  2. Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.

  3. A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.

  4. A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.

  5. A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.

  6. He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.

  7. Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.

  8. Numbers 12:310 votes

    Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.

  9. Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man, or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

  10. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

  11. Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.

Which verses point to Proverbs 14:29?

The 10 strongest of 20.