11 A person’s insight gives him patience,(A)
and his virtue is to overlook an offense.(B)

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

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11 Those with good sense are slow to anger,
    and it is their glory to overlook an offense.(A)
12 A king’s anger is like the growling of a lion,
    but his favor is like dew on the grass.(B)

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19 A person with intense anger bears the penalty;
if you rescue him, you’ll have to do it again.(A)

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19 A violent-tempered person will pay the penalty;
    if you effect a rescue, you will only have to do it again.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 19.19 Meaning of Heb uncertain