Proverbs 19:11-13

Easy-to-Read Version

¹¹Experience makes you more patient, and you are most patient when you ignore insults.

¹²The shouts of an angry king are like a roaring lion, but his kind words are like a gentle rain falling softly on the grass.

¹³A foolish son brings a flood of troubles to his father, and a complaining wife is like the constant dripping of water.

Proverbs 19:11-13

New International Version

¹¹A person’s wisdom yields patience;^(A)
it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.

¹²A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion,^(B)
but his favor is like dew^(C) on the grass.^(D)

¹³A foolish child is a father’s ruin,^(E)
and a quarrelsome wife is like
the constant dripping of a leaky roof.^(F)

Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

New International Version (NIV)