Verse 11

A wyse man can put of displeasure, and it is his honour to let some faultes passe.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:32 : 32 A patient man is better the one strong: and he that can rule hym selfe, is more worth then he that wynneth a citie.
  • Prov 14:29 : 29 He that is patient hath much vnderstanding: but he that is soone displeased, exalteth foolishnesse.
  • Prov 15:18 : 18 An angry man stirreth vp strife: but he that is patient stylleth discorde.
  • Col 3:12-13 : 12 Put on therfore (as the elect of God, holy and beloued) bowels of mercie, kyndenesse, humblenesse of mynde, mekenesse, long sufferyng, 13 Forbearyng one another, and forgeuyng one another, yf any man haue a quarel agaynst any: euen as Christe forgaue you, so also do ye.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 Wherfore my deare brethre, let euery man be swyft to heare, slowe to speake, slowe to wrath.
  • Matt 5:44-45 : 44 But I saye vnto you, loue your enemies, blesse them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, pray for the which hurt you, and persecute you: 45 That ye may be the chyldren of your father, which is in heauen. For he maketh his sonne to aryse on the euyll, and on the good, and sendeth rayne on the iust, and on the vniust.
  • Rom 12:18-21 : 18 If it be possible, as much as lyeth in you, lyue peaceably with all men. 19 Dearely beloued, auenge not your selues, but rather geue place vnto wrath. For it is written: Uengeaunce is myne, I wyll repay sayth the Lorde. 20 Therfore, yf thyne enemie hunger, feede hym: yf he thyrst, geue him drinke. For in so doyng, thou shalt heape coales of fyre on his head. 21 Be not ouercome of euyll, but ouercome euyll with good.
  • Eph 4:32-5:1 : 32 Be ye curteous one to another, merciful, forgeuing one another, euen as God for Christes sake hath forgeuen you. 1 Be ye therefore folowers of God, as deare chyldren:
  • Prov 12:16 : 16 A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haste: but a discrete man couereth his owne shame.
  • Gen 50:15-21 : 15 And when Iosephes brethren sawe that their father was dead, they saide: Ioseph may peraduenture hate vs, & rewarde vs againe all the euyll whiche we dyd vnto hym. 16 And they dyd sende a message vnto Ioseph, saying: Thy father dyd commaunde before he dyed, saying: 17 This wyse shall ye say vnto Ioseph, Forgeue I pray thee the trespasse of thy brethren, and their sinne: for they rewarded thee euyll. And nowe we praye thee forgeue the trespasse of the seruauntes of the God of thy father. And Ioseph wept when they spake vnto hym. 18 Also his brethren came vnto hym, and fell flat before his face, saying: beholde, we be thy seruauntes. 19 To whom Ioseph sayde: Feare not, am I God? 20 Ye thought euil against me, but God turned it vnto good, to bryng to passe as it is this day, and to saue muche people alyue. 21 Feare not therefore, nowe I wyll noryshe you and your chyldren. And he comforted them, and spake kyndly vnto them.
  • Prov 17:14 : 14 The beginning of strife is, as when a man maketh an issue for water: therfore leaue of before the contention be medled with.
  • Prov 20:3 : 3 It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from strife: but euery foole wyll be medling.
  • Prov 25:21 : 21 If thyne enemie hunger, feede hym, if he thirst, geue him drinke:
  • Matt 18:21-22 : 21 Then came Peter to hym, and sayde: Lorde howe oft shall my brother sinne agaynst me, and I forgeue hym? tyll seuen tymes? 22 Iesus sayth vnto hym, I say not vnto thee vntyll seuen tymes: but, vntyll seuentie tymes seuen.