Proverbs 19:11
World English Bible
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger.
It is his glory to overlook an offense.
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Proverbs 19:11 in other translations
The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Proverbs 19:11 in context
- 9A false witness shall not be unpunished.
He who utters lies shall perish. - 10Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool,
much less for a servant to have rule over princes. - 11The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger.
It is his glory to overlook an offense. - 12The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion,
but his favor is like dew on the grass. - 13A foolish son is the calamity of his father.
A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.