Proverbs 19:11 meaning and explanation
A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
Proverbs 19:11, Berean Standard Bible
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Proverbs 19:11 belongs to a collection of wise sayings in Israel's wisdom tradition, addressed to a learner who wants to live well before God. The verse pairs two ideas: insight, meaning good sense or understanding, produces patience, a slow temper; and a person's glory is shown by passing over an offense rather than nursing it.
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