Bible Verses about 'Slow'

Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick… James 1:19

Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. James 1:19	You must understand this, my beloved: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger. speaking listening anger
The Lord is compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. Psalm 103:8	The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. grace love patience

The Lord is slow to get angry, but his power is great, and he never lets the guilty go unpunished. He displays his power in the whirlwind and the storm. The billowing clouds are the dust beneath his feet. Nahum 1:3	The Lord is slow to anger but great in power, and the Lord will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. patience strength punishment
“Don’t tear your clothing in your grief, but tear your hearts instead.” Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. He is eager to relent and not punish. Joel 2:13	Rend your hearts and not your clothing. Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and relents from punishing. heart grace love
The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent. 2 Peter 3:9	The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance. salvation patience conversion
People with understanding control their anger; a hot temper shows great foolishness. Proverbs 14:29	Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but one who has a hasty temper exalts folly. wisdom patience understanding
Better to be patient than powerful; better to have self-control than to conquer a city. Proverbs 16:32	One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and one whose temper is controlled than one who captures a city. peace patience self-control
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. Hebrews 12:1	Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us. sin life overcoming