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Proverbs 19:11

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11xThe ||discretion of a man deferreth his anger;

And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

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Footnotes

  1. xSee ch. 14:29.
  2. ||Or, prudence. 2 Chr. 2:12.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Good sense makes one slow to anger,

and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A person’s wisdom yields patience;

it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A person’s insight gives him patience,

and his virtue is to overlook an offense.

NLTNew Living Translation

Sensible people control their temper;

they earn respect by overlooking wrongs.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The understanding of a person makes him slow to his anger,

and his glory overlooks offense.