Passage cross-references.

Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.

And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.

And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt. …

So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed. …

And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them. …

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

Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. …

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: …

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