Proverbs 19:11-13
New King James Version
11 (A)The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger,
(B)And his glory is to overlook a transgression.
13 (E)A foolish son is the ruin of his father,
(F)And the contentions of a wife are a continual [a]dripping.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:13 Irritation
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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Proverbs 19:11-13
English Standard Version
11 (A)Good sense makes one slow to anger,
and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
12 A king's wrath is like (B)the growling of a lion,
but his (C)favor is like (D)dew on the grass.
13 (E)A foolish son is ruin to his father,
and (F)a wife's quarreling is (G)a continual dripping of rain.
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