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Proverbs 19:11
The discretion of man deferreth his anger: and his glory is to passe by an offence.
Proverbs 19:11 · Geneva Bible
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The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
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In context
8 He that possesseth vnderstanding, loueth his owne soule, and keepeth wisdome to finde goodnesse.
9 A false witnes shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shall perish.
10 Pleasure is not comely for a foole, much lesse for a seruant to haue rule ouer princes.
11 The discretion of man deferreth his anger: and his glory is to passe by an offence.
12 The Kings wrath is like the roaring of a lyon: but his fauour is like the dewe vpon ye grasse.
13 A foolish sonne is the calamitie of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continuall dropping.
14 House and riches are the inheritance of the fathers: but a prudent wife commeth of the Lord.
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