Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger. | So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. |
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. | The Lord is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy. |
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Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly. | He who is slow to wrath has great understanding, But he who is impulsive exalts folly. |
Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. | He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, And he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. |
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. | The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. |
And rend your hearts and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster. | So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the Lord your God, For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm. |
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. | Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. |