Proverbs 16:32
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
32 The patient are better than warriors,
and those who rule their temper, better than the conqueror of a city.(A)
Proverbs 16:32
New International Version
32 Better a patient person than a warrior,
one with self-control than one who takes a city.
Proverbs 19:11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
11 It is good sense to be slow to anger,
and an honor to overlook an offense.[a]
Footnotes
- 19:11 The paradox is that one obtains one thing by giving up another.
Proverbs 19:11
New International Version
11 A person’s wisdom yields patience;(A)
it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.
James 1:19
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
III. Exhortations and Warnings
Doers of the Word. 19 Know this, my dear brothers: everyone should be quick to hear,[a] slow to speak, slow to wrath,(A)
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- 1:19–25 To be quick to hear the gospel is to accept it readily and to act in conformity with it, removing from one’s soul whatever is opposed to it, so that it may take root and effect salvation (Jas 1:19–21). To listen to the gospel message but not practice it is failure to improve oneself (Jas 1:22–24). Only conformity of life to the perfect law of true freedom brings happiness (Jas 1:25).
James 1:19
New International Version
Listening and Doing
19 My dear brothers and sisters,(A) take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak(B) and slow to become angry,
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