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 The understanding of a person makes him slow to his anger,[a]
    and his glory overlooks offense.
12 The rage of a king growls like a lion,
    but his favor is like dew on the grass.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:11 Literally “nostril”

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

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19 A hot-tempered person pays a penalty;
    if you rescue him, you will do it yet again.

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