Proverbs 19:11 A person's wisdom yields patience; it is to one's glory to overlook an offense.

◄ Proverbs 19:11 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
A person's wisdom yields patience; it is to one's glory to overlook an offense.

English Standard Version
Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

New American Standard Bible
A man's discretion makes him slow to anger, And it is his glory to overlook a transgression.

King James Bible
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A person's insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.

International Standard Version
A person's discretion makes him slow to anger, and it is to his credit that he ignores an offence.

American Standard Version
The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The learning of a man is known by patience and his glory is to pass over wrongs.

Darby Bible Translation
The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

Young's Literal Translation
The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory is to pass over transgression.

Cross References

Matthew 5:44
But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which spitefully use you, and persecute you;

Ephesians 4:32
And be you kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you.

Colossians 3:13
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do you.

2 Kings 5:12
Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

Proverbs 11:13
A talebearer reveals secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit conceals the matter.

Proverbs 14:29
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalts folly.

Proverbs 16:32
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that rules his spirit than he that takes a city.

Proverbs 29:11
A fool utters all his mind: but a wise man keeps it in till afterwards.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

19:11. He attains the most true glory who endeavours most steadily to overcome evil with good. 12. Christ is a King, whose wrath against his enemies will be as the roaring of a lion, and his favour to his people as the refreshing dew. 13. It shows the vanity of the world, that we are liable to the greatest griefs where we promise ourselves the greatest comfort.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

11. (Compare Pr 14:29; 16:32). This inculcation of a forgiving spirit shows that true religion is always the same (Mt 5:22-24).