Proverbs 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 · World English Bible

Proverbs 19:11 in context

  1. 9A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.
  2. 10Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
  3. 11The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
  4. 12The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.
  5. 13A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

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