SinaiProverbs 19:11
American Standard Version
The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
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Proverbs 19:11 in other translations
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger.
It is his glory to overlook an offense.
Proverbs 19:11 in context
- 9A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.
- 10Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
- 11The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
- 12The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.
- 13A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.