SLOW , NOT SOON TO ANGER

The Following Study Article Is Composed From Preliminary Legal Study Based Notes As I Progressively Step Through A Key Word Study On “The Cornerstone”.  All References Are To The KJV.

The Lord your God is a God who is slow to anger . See Neh 9:17 ; Ps 103:8; 145:8 ; Joel 2:13; Jon. 4:2.

The Lord your God is slow to anger at those who refuse to obey and who are not mindful of the wonders He does among them See Neh 9:17 ; Ps 103:8; 145:8 ; Joel 2:13; Jon. 4:2. ;  and He is slow to anger at those who harden their necks and appoint a captain to return them to their bondage . See Neh 9:17 ; Ps 103:8; 145:8 ; Joel 2:13; Jon. 4:2.

However, although He is slow to anger, the Lord your God will not at all acquit the wicked ; for He is great in power and He has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. See Nah 1:3 

A man that is slow to anger appeases strife and he does not stir it up See Prov. 15:18 .

A man that is slow to anger rules his spirit  See Prov. 16:32;   he is better than the mighty See Prov 16:32 ;  and he is better than he that takes a city. See Prov. 16:32

He that is soon angry deals foolishly See Prov. 14:17 ;  and he that is soon angry is using a wicked device and he is therefore hated . See Prov. 14:17 

He that is soon angry must not be a bishop. See Titus 1:7 

 


 

From Strong’s Concordance 

The Old Testament Hebrew

“Anger” 

‘aph-(from a prim. root of ‘anaph- to breathe hard i.e be enraged – be angry (displeased) ); prop. the nose or nostril; hence the face , and occasionally a person ; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire  : – anger(-gry) + before, countenance, face + forbearing , forehead, + [long-] suffering, nose, nostril, snout , *worthy, wrath

The New Testament Greek 

“Angry” 

kaphah – ; a prim. root ; prop. to bend , i.e. (fig) to tame or subdue:-pacify