Proverbs 16:32–33

³² 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. ³³ The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.

Semantically similar passages

Proverbs 14:28–30

²⁸ A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin. ²⁹ A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly. ³⁰ A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

Proverbs 16:1–2

¹ The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD. ² All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.

Ecclesiastes 7:8–10

⁸ The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one. ⁹ Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool. ¹⁰ Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you…

Proverbs 19:10–12

¹⁰ Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes! ¹¹ A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense. ¹² A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Proverbs 15:17–19

¹⁷ Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred. ¹⁸ A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute. ¹⁹ The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.