Better Than the Mighty

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. - Proverb 14:28

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Dwight D. Eisenhower commanded an army and was president of the United States. But when Eisenhower was a child, he had an explosive temper.

Once when his parents did not let him do something with his older brothers, he flew into a rage. He ran outside and began pounding his fists into the trunk of an apple tree. The next thing he remembered was his father grabbing him, shaking him, whipping him, and sending him to his room without supper. Moments later his mother came in, washed and bandaged his hands, and then read Proverbs 16:32, "He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty."

At that moment Dwight Eisenhower made a decision that for the rest of his life he would control his anger and his anger would not control him. This was one of the most decisive moments of his life.

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He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. - Proverbs 16:32