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11 It is good sense to be slow to anger,
    and an honor to overlook an offense.[a]

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  1. 19:11 The paradox is that one obtains one thing by giving up another.

11 If you are sensible, you will control your temper. When someone wrongs you, it is a great virtue to ignore it.

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11 Those with good sense are slow to anger,
    and it is their glory to overlook an offense.

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11 A person’s (A)discretion makes him slow to anger,
And it is his glory (B)to overlook an offense.

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

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A person gains honor by avoiding strife,
    while every fool starts a quarrel.[a]

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  1. 20:3 The honor that one might seek to gain from fighting comes of itself to the person who refrains from fighting.

Any fool can start arguments; the honorable thing is to stay out of them.

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It is honorable to refrain from strife,
    but every fool is quick to quarrel.

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(A)Avoiding strife is an honor for a person,
But any fool will [a]quarrel.

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It is to one’s honor to avoid strife,
    but every fool(A) is quick to quarrel.(B)

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28 A city breached and left defenseless
    are those who do not control their temper.

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28 If you cannot control your anger, you are as helpless as a city without walls, open to attack.

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28 Like a city breached, without walls,
    is one who lacks self-control.

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28 Like a (A)city that is broken into and without walls
So is a person (B)who has no self-control over his spirit.

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28 Like a city whose walls are broken through
    is a person who lacks self-control.

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Scoffers enflame the city,
    but the wise calm the fury.(A)

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People with no regard for others can throw whole cities into turmoil. Those who are wise keep things calm.

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Scoffers set a city aflame,
    but the wise turn away wrath.

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Arrogant people (A)inflame a city,
But (B)wise people turn away anger.

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Mockers stir up a city,
    but the wise turn away anger.(A)

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