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A person’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
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American Standard Version
The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
English Standard Version
Good sense makes one 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.
New American Standard Bible
A person’s discretion makes him slow to anger, And it is his glory to overlook an offense.
New International Version
A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s 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.
World English Bible
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.