Proverbs 16:32 (BSB)

He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.

From Proverbs 16. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 16:32

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 16:32: This recommends the grace of meekness to us, which will well become us all, particularly the hoary head, Pro 16:31. Observe, 1. The nature of it. it is to be slow to anger, not easily put into a passion, nor apt to resent provocation, taking time to consider before we suffer our passion to break out, that it may not transgress due bounds, so slow...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 16:32: The lot is cast into the lap,.... Of a man's garment, or into his bosom, or into a hat, cap, urn, or whatsoever he has in his lap, and from whence it is taken out; which used to be done in choosing officers, civil or ecclesiastical; in dividing inheritances, and determining doubtful cases; and making up differences, and putting an end to strife and contentions...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 16:32: (Compare Pro 14:29). taketh a city--that is, by fighting.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 16:32: Pro 16:32 32 Better one slow to anger than a hero in war; And whoever is master of his spirit, than he who taketh a city. Regarding ארך אפּים, vid., Pro 14:29, where קצר־רוּח was the parallel of the contrast.