Proverbs 19:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹¹The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

Proverbs 19:11 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 16:32
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Proverbs 14:29
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
James 1:19
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Colossians 3:12-13
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; …
Proverbs 15:18
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

Topics

Anger Forgiveness Gentleness Graces Jesus, the Christ Justification Meekness Patience

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 11)

A wise man will observe these two rules about his anger: 1. Not to be over-hasty in his resentments: Discretion teaches us to defer our anger, to defer the admission of it till we have thoroughly considered all the merits of the provocation, seen them in a true light and weighed them in a just balance; and then to defer the prosecution of it till there be no danger of running into any indecencies.…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 11)

11. (Compare Pr 14:29; 16:32). This inculcation of a forgiving spirit shows that true religion is always the same (Mt 5:22-24).