| So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. | Wherefore, 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 mercy. | The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. |
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| He who is slow to wrath has great understanding, But he who is impulsive exalts folly. | He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. |
| He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, And he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. | He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. |
| 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. | And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. |
| 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. | The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. |
| 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. | Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us. |
