Proverbs 19:11
If you have good sense you'll be slow to get angry; you gain respect by forgiving wrongs.
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In The King James Version
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
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Cross References
Proverbs 12:16Stupid people get angry immediately, but if you're sensible you ignore an insult.
Proverbs 15:18Short-tempered people stir up trouble, but those slow to anger calm things down.
Proverbs 17:14The beginning of a quarrel is like the first leak in a water dam, so drop it before a major argument bursts out.
Proverbs 20:22Don't say, “I'll get you back for doing me wrong.” Leave it to the Lord, and he'll help you.
Matthew 5:44But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Romans 12:18and as far as it's up to you, 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 →