Proverbs 19:11-13
New Century Version
11 The wise are patient;
they will be honored if they ignore insults.
12 An angry king is like a roaring lion,
but his kindness is like the dew on the grass.
13 A foolish child brings disaster to a father,
and a quarreling wife is like dripping water.
Proverbs 19:11-13
New International Version
11 A person’s wisdom yields patience;(A)
it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.
Proverbs 19:11-13
King James Version
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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