Proverbs 19:11
שֵׂכֶל אָדָם הֶאֱרִיךְ אַפּוֹ וְתִפאַרְתּוֹ עֲבֹר עַל ־ פָּֽשַׁע ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
10לֹֽא ־ נָאוֶה לִכְסִיל תַּעֲנוּג אַף כִּֽי ־ לְעֶבֶד ׀ מְשֹׁל בְּשָׂרִֽים ׃
12נַהַם כַּכְּפִיר זַעַף מֶלֶךְ וּכְטַל עַל ־ עֵשֶׂב רְצוֹנֽוֹ ׃
Cross References
Proverbs 12:16אֱוִיל בַּיּוֹם יִוָּדַע כַּעְסוֹ וְכֹסֶה קָלוֹן עָרֽוּם ׃
Proverbs 15:18אִישׁ חֵמָה יְגָרֶה מָדוֹן וְאֶרֶך אַפַּיִם יַשְׁקִיט רִֽיב ׃
Proverbs 17:14פּוֹטֵֽר מַיִם רֵאשִׁית מָדוֹן וְלִפְנֵי הִתְגַּלַּע הָרִיב נְטֽוֹשׁ ׃
Proverbs 20:22אַל ־ תֹּאמַר אֲשַׁלְּמָה ־ רָע קַוֵּה לַֽיהוָה וְיֹשַֽׁע לָֽךְ ׃
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 →