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Proverbs 16

Prov. 16:32 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He that is slow
'arek (Hebrew #750)
long
KJV usage: long(-suffering, -winged), patient, slow (to anger).
Pronounce: aw-rake'
Origin: from 748
to anger
'aph (Hebrew #639)
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
KJV usage: anger(-gry), + before, countenance, face, + forebearing, forehead, + (long-)suffering, nose, nostril, snout, X worthy, wrath.
Pronounce: af
Origin: from 599
is better
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
than the mighty
gibbowr (Hebrew #1368)
intensive from the same as 1397; powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
KJV usage: champion, chief, X excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.
Pronounce: ghib-bore'
Origin: or (shortened) gibbor {ghib-bore'}
; and he that ruleth
mashal (Hebrew #4910)
to rule
KJV usage: (have, make to have) dominion, governor, X indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.
Pronounce: maw-shal'
Origin: a primitive root
his spirit
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
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 being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
than he that taketh
lakad (Hebrew #3920)
to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
KJV usage: X at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.
Pronounce: law-kad'
Origin: a primitive root
a city
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 14:29• 29He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. (Prov. 14:29)
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Prov. 15:18• 18A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. (Prov. 15:18)
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Prov. 19:11• 11The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. (Prov. 19:11)
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Psa. 103:8• 8The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. (Psa. 103:8)
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Eph. 5:1• 1Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; (Eph. 5:1)
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James 1:19• 19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: (James 1:19)
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Prov. 16:19• 19Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. (Prov. 16:19)
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Prov. 25:28• 28He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. (Prov. 25:28)
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Rom. 12:21• 21Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. (Rom. 12:21)
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Rev. 3:21• 21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. (Rev. 3:21)
• Self-mastery is the greatest of all victories. Men have subdued kingdoms who were defeated in the effort to control themselves. A bad temper is often excused on the ground of natural infirmity, but it is rather the evidence of unjudged pride and impatience. “Learn of Me,” said Jesus, “for I am meek and lowly in heart.” The meek man is not a spiritless man, but he is slow to anger. (“Proverbs Sixteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.