11 The discretion of man deferreth his anger: and his glory is [a]to pass by an offence.

12 (A)The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion: but his favor is like the dew upon the grass.

13 (B)A foolish son is the calamity of his father, (C)and the contentions of a wife are like a continual [b]dropping.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:11 That is, to cover it by charity, and to do therein as may most serve to God’s glory.
  2. Proverbs 19:13 As rain that droppeth and rotteth the house.

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

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

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

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