¹⁸ A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

³² He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

¹¹ The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

⁷ For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

¹⁹ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: