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New Century Version

Proverbs 19:11

The wise are patient; they will be honored if they ignore insults.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Anger;   Forgiveness;   Meekness;   Thompson Chain Reference - Anger;   Wrath-Anger;   The Topic Concordance - Anger;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Forgiveness of Injuries;   Prudence;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Glory;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Longsuffering;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Anger;  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The discretion of man deferreth his anger: and his glory is to passe by an offence.
Christian Standard Bible®
A person’s insight gives him patience,and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
Hebrew Names Version
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
Easy-to-Read Version
Experience makes you more patient, and you are most patient when you ignore insults.
Amplified Bible
Good sense and discretion make a man slow to anger, And it is his honor and glory to overlook a transgression or an offense [without seeking revenge and harboring resentment].
American Standard Version
The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Contemporary English Version
It's wise to be patient and show what you are like by forgiving others.
Complete Jewish Bible
People with good sense are slow to anger, and it is their glory to overlook an offense.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
It is the discretion of a man to be slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
King James Version (1611)
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger: and it is his glory to passe ouer a transgression.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
A merciful man is long-suffering; and his triumph overtakes transgressors.
English Revised Version
The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Berean Standard Bible
A man's insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
Lexham English Bible
The understanding of a person makes him slow to his anger, and his glory overlooks offense.
Literal Translation
A man's discretion makes his anger slow, and his glory is to pass over a transgression.
New English Translation
A person's wisdom makes him slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
New King James Version
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, And his glory is to overlook a transgression.
New Living Translation
Sensible people control their temper; they earn respect by overlooking wrongs.
New Life Bible
A man's understanding makes him slow to anger. It is to his honor to forgive and forget a wrong done to him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The discretion of a man, deferreth his anger, and, his adorning, is to pass over transgression.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The learning of a man is known by patience: and his glory is to pass over wrongs.
George Lamsa Translation
The discretion of a man is shown by his patience; he glories when his iniquity is removed.
Good News Translation
If you are sensible, you will control your temper. When someone wrongs you, it is a great virtue to ignore it.
New American Standard Bible
A person's discretion makes him slow to anger, And it is his glory to overlook an offense.
King James Version
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
A wyse man can put of displeasure, and it is his honour to let some faultes passe.
New Revised Standard
Those with good sense are slow to anger, and it is their glory to overlook an offense.
Darby Translation
The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The teching of a man is knowun bi pacience; and his glorie is to passe ouere wickid thingis.
Young's Literal Translation
The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory [is] to pass over transgression.
World English Bible
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
Revised Standard Version
Good sense makes a man slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
Update Bible Version
The discretion of man makes him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Webster's Bible Translation
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and [it is] his glory to pass over a transgression.
Bible in Basic English
A man's good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
A wyse man putteth of displeasure, & it is his honor to let some fautes passe.
THE MESSAGE
Smart people know how to hold their tongue; their grandeur is to forgive and forget.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
A man's discretion makes him slow to anger, And it is his glory to overlook a transgression.
Legacy Standard Bible
A man's insight makes him slow to anger,And it is his honor to overlook a transgression.

Contextual Overview

11 The wise are patient; they will be honored if they ignore insults.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

discretion: or, prudence

deferreth: Proverbs 12:16, Proverbs 14:29, Proverbs 15:18, Proverbs 16:32, Proverbs 17:14, Colossians 3:12, Colossians 3:13, James 1:19

and: Proverbs 16:32, Proverbs 20:3, Proverbs 25:21, Genesis 50:15-21, Matthew 5:44, Matthew 5:45, Matthew 18:21, Matthew 18:22, Romans 12:18-21, Ephesians 4:32, Ephesians 5:1

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 25:13 - Gird ye Isaiah 48:9 - defer Ephesians 4:26 - ye

Cross-References

Genesis 19:28
He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the Jordan Valley and saw smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace.
Genesis 19:29
God destroyed the cities in the valley, but he remembered what Abraham had asked. So God saved Lot's life, but he destroyed the city where Lot had lived.
2 Kings 6:18
As the enemy came down toward Elisha, he prayed to the Lord , "Make these people blind." So he made the Aramean army blind, as Elisha had asked.
Ecclesiastes 10:15
Work wears fools out; they don't even know how to get home.
Isaiah 57:10
You were tired from doing these things, but you never gave up. You found new strength, so you did not quit.
Jeremiah 2:36
It is so easy for you to change your mind. Even Egypt will let you down, as Assyria let you down.
Acts 13:11
Now the Lord will touch you, and you will be blind. For a time you will not be able to see anything—not even the light from the sun." Then everything became dark for Elymas, and he walked around, trying to find someone to lead him by the hand.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The discretion of a man deferreth his anger,.... That he does not show it immediately; but takes time to consider of the offence given him, and makes use of a proper time to resent what is fit should be resented; he is a wise and discreet man that is slow to anger,

Proverbs 14:29. He is most like to God, who is "longsuffering, abundant in goodness and truth", Exodus 34:6; and it is to the honour of his "name" that he "defers [his] anger", and "refrains from" cutting off those that offend him, Isaiah 48:9;

and [it is] his glory to pass over a transgression; to forgive an offence committed; it is the duty and interest of a man to do so, and it is to his honour; as the contrary greatly reflects dishonour on him, and tends to his disgrace and reproach, if not to his ruin; see

Matthew 18:32.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 19:11. It is his glory to pass over a transgression. — "No," says what is termed a man of honour; "he must meet me as a gentleman; I must have his blood, let God say what he will." O poor, dastardly coward! thou canst not bear the reproach of poor, flimsy, paltry fellows who ridicule thee, because thou hast refused to commit murder. Such laws should be put down by law; and the man that gives a challenge should be hanged, because he intends to commit murder.


 
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