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Proverbs 19:11

“The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and [it is] his glory to pass over a transgression.”

Verse in context — Proverbs 19

9

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall perish.

10

Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

11

The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and [it is] his glory to pass over a transgression.

12

The king's wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but his favour [is] as dew upon the grass.

13

A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.

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