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Proverbs 14:29

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He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

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  1. Proverbs 14:27

    The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

  2. Proverbs 14:28

    In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

  3. Proverbs 14:30

    A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

  4. Proverbs 14:31

    He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.