Proverbs 19:11
It is intelligence in man to be slow in his anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Leeser Tanakh
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
10Delicacy is not seemly for a fool: much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
12Like the roaring of a young lion is the wrath of a king: as dew upon the herbs is his favor.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:16The wrath of the fool is known on the very day; but he that concealeth the disgrace is prudent.
Proverbs 15:18A man of fury stirreth up strife; but he that is slow to anger assuageth contention.
Proverbs 17:14As one letteth loose [a stream] of water, so is the beginning of strife: therefore before it be enkindled, leave off the contest.
Proverbs 20:22Do not say, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the Lord, and he will help thee.
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 →