Proverbs 19:11
A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
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.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:16A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
Proverbs 15:18A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
Proverbs 17:14To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
Proverbs 20:22Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
Matthew 5:44But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Romans 12:18If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:11
10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes. Note, 1. Pleasure and liberty ill become a fool: Delight is not seemly for such a one. A man that has not wisdom and grace has no right nor title to true joy, and therefore it is unseemly. It ill becomes those that do not delight in God to delight in any thing, nor how to manage themselves, and therefore they do but expose themselves. It becomes ungracious fools to be afflicted, and mourn, and weep, not to laugh and be merry;… Read the whole commentary →