Proverbs 19:11

A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

King James Version

The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

World English Bible

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

American Standard Version

The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

Geneva Bible 1599

The discretion of man deferreth his anger: and his glory is to passe by an offence.

Darby Translation

The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

Young's Literal Translation

The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory [is] to pass over transgression.

Bible in Basic English

A man's good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.

In context

10Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!

12A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

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