Proverbs 19:11
King James VersionSource notes
“The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and his glory to pass over a transgression.”
Context
8He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: keepeth understanding shall find good.
9A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
10Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
11The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and his glory to pass over a transgression.
12The king’s wrath as the roaring of a lion; but his favour as dew upon the grass.
13A foolish son the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife a continual dropping.
14House and riches the inheritance of fathers and a prudent wife from the LORD.