Proverbs 14:29

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding,.... Or "long in wrath" (e); it is long before he is angry; he is longsuffering, bears much and long, is very patient; such an one appears to…

Exalteth folly - Lifts it up, as it were, on high, and exposes it to the gaze of all men.

Note, 1. Meekness is wisdom. He rightly understands himself, and his duty and interest, the infirmities of human nature, and the constitution of human society, who is slow to anger, and knows how to…

slow to wrath Comp. βραδὺς εἰς ὀργήν, Jas 1:19.

exalteth The Heb. word may either mean, with A.V. and R.V. text, lifteth up, i.e. gives it prominence, brings it into notice; or, with R.V. marg.,…