Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 19:11
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Berean Standard Bible
A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
King James Version
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and [it is] his glory to pass over a transgression.
World English Bible
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
American Standard Version
The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Proverbs 19
9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
10 Luxury is unseemly for a fool—how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
11 A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
12 A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
13 A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
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