Proverbs 19:11
Those who have good sense do not quickly become angry; people respect those who ignore offensive things that people say to them.
Translation for Translators
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
Cross References
Proverbs 12:16Foolish people quickly become angry when someone does something that they don’t like; but those who have good sense ignore it when others insult them.
Proverbs 15:18Those who quickly become angry cause arguments/quarreling, but those who do not quickly become angry cause people to act peacefully.
Proverbs 17:14Starting a quarrel is like allowing water to start to leak out of a dam; they both need to be stopped before they get worse.
Proverbs 20:22Do not say, “I will do evil to those who do evil to me;” wait for Yahweh to do something about it, and he will ◄help you/ do what is right►.
Matthew 5:44But now listen to what I say to you: Love your enemies as well as your friends, and pray for those who cause you to suffer.
Romans 12:18Live peacefully with other people whenever it is possible, to the extent that you can influence the situation.
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 →