Proverbs 19:11
World English Bible (WEB)
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
In context
9 A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.
10 Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
11 The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
12 The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
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Proverbs 19:11 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
- KJV King James Version
- The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
- ASV American Standard Version
- The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory [is] to pass over transgression.
- DBY Darby Translation
- The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
- WBS Webster Bible
- The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.