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


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Proverbs 15 18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Proverbs 27 12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Ecclesiastes 10 4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
Proverbs 22 3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Proverbs 2 11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
Proverbs 20 3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Psalms 112 5 A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
Titus 3 2 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
Proverbs 18 12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
Proverbs 22 29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
Proverbs 29 23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Proverbs 12 13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
Isaiah 29 21 That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
Colossians 3 25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
Isaiah 26 10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
Isaiah 2 9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
Psalms 30 5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
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 6 34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
Proverbs 28 23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Proverbs 11 17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
Proverbs 5 2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
Proverbs 12 16 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
Jeremiah 7 5 For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
1 Corinthians 3 21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's;
Job 20 13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
Proverbs 14 35 The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
Psalms 25 3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
Lamentations 3 35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
James 1 19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Colossians 3 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Luke 12 58 When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
Ezekiel 18 5 But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
Psalms 19 13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
Isaiah 55 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
1 Peter 4 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.
Job 34 29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
Proverbs 21 14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
Ecclesiastes 8 3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
Proverbs 16 6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
Proverbs 21 11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
Deuteronomy 28 54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
Ezekiel 16 54 That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.
Deuteronomy 1 17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
Isaiah 59 9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
Acts 24 16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void to offence toward God, and toward men.
1 Thessalonians 4 6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
Isaiah 29 20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
Hebrews 12 15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
Proverbs 16 7 When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.