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Proverbs · Chapter 19

Proverbs 19:11

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

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Before · Proverbs 19:9–10

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.

After · Proverbs 19:12–13

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.

Read all of Proverbs 19 (29 verses)

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