Proverbs 19:11
“The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.”
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Related Verses
“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.”
“A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.”
“An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.”
“He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.”
“A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.”