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Proverbs 19:11

PatienceForgiving othersWisdom

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!

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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BSB
A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
KJV
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
WEB
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
ASV
The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
DARBY
The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
BLB
The discretion of a man makes long his nose, and his splendor is to pass over a transgression.
ÅB
Et menneskes klokskap gjør ham langmodig, og det er hans ære at han overser krenkelser.
OTB
En persons visdom gjør ham sen til vrede; det er til hans ære å overse en fornærmelse.
B1930
Et menneskes klokskap gjør ham langmodig, og det er hans ære at han overser krenkelser.

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