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Proverbs 19:11
The discretion of a man, deferreth his anger, and, his adorning, is to pass over transgression.
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Proverbs 19:11 in other translations
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 acquireth sense, loveth his own soul, he that guardeth understanding, shall find blessing.
9 A false witness, shall not be held innocent, and, he that uttereth lies, shall perish.
10 Unseemly for a dullard, is delicate living, how much more for, a servant, to bear rule over princes.
11 The discretion of a man, deferreth his anger, and, his adorning, is to pass over transgression.
12 The growl as of a young lion, is the rage of a king, but, like dew upon the grass, is his good pleasure.
13 Engulfing ruin to his father, is a son that is a dullard,—and, a continuous dripping, are the contentions of a wife.
14 House and substance, are an inheritance from one’s fathers, but, from Yahweh, cometh a wife who is prudent.
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