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Proverbs 19:11

PatienceForgiving othersWisdom

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.

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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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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