10 (A)It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury,
    much less for (B)a slave to rule over princes.
11 (C)Good sense makes one slow to anger,
    and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
12 A king's wrath is like (D)the growling of a lion,
    but his (E)favor is like (F)dew on the grass.
13 (G)A foolish son is ruin to his father,
    and (H)a wife's quarreling is (I)a continual dripping of rain.

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10 It is not fitting for a fool(A) to live in luxury—
    how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!(B)

11 A person’s wisdom yields patience;(C)
    it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.

12 A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion,(D)
    but his favor is like dew(E) on the grass.(F)

13 A foolish child is a father’s ruin,(G)
    and a quarrelsome wife is like
    the constant dripping of a leaky roof.(H)

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10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

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

12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

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