Prayer based on Proverbs 14:29. Themes: Patience, Wisdom, Folly.

Dear God, please help me to be slow to anger and to have great understanding. May I not be quick-tempered and display folly, but instead, may I have the wisdom to handle situations with patience and grace. Help me to be a reflection of your love and mercy in all that I do. Amen.

Verse: He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.
Proverbs 14:29

This is a Command. The verse commands the reader to be slow to anger in order to display great understanding, while warning against a quick temper which displays folly.

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