Verse 11

A wyse man putteth of displeasure, & it is his honor to let some fautes passe.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:32 : 32 A pacient man is better then one that is stroge: and he that can rule him selfe, is more worth then he yt wynneth a cite.
  • Prov 14:29 : 29 Pacience is a token of wi?dome, but wrath and haistie displeasure is a token of foolishnesse.
  • Prov 15:18 : 18 An angrie man stereth vp strife, but he yt is pacient stilleth discorde.
  • Col 3:12-13 : 12 Now therfore as the electe of God, holy and beloued, put on tender mercye, kyndnes, humblenes of mynde, mekenesse, longe sufferynge, 13 forbearinge one another, and forgeuynge one another, yf eny man haue a quarell agaynst another. Like as Christ hath forgeuen you, euen so do ye also.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 Wherfore deare brethren, let euery man be swifte to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe to wrath.
  • Matt 5:44-45 : 44 But I saye vnto you: loue youre enemies: Blesse the that cursse you: Do good to the that hate you: Praye for the which do you wronge and persecute you, 45 that ye maye be the chyldern of youre father which is in heauen: for he maketh his sonne to aryse on the euel and on the good, and sendeth his rayne on the iust and vniuste.
  • Rom 12:18-21 : 18 Yf it be possible (as moch as in you is) haue peace with all men. 19 Dearly beloued, auenge not youre selues, but geue rowme vnto the wrath off God. For it is wrytte: Vengeaunce is myne, and I wil rewarde, sayeth ye LORDE. 20 Therfore yf thine enemye hunger, fede him: Yf he thyrst, geue him drinke. For in so doinge thou shalt heape coales of fyre vpo his heade. 21 Be not ouercome with euell, but ouercome thou euell with good.
  • Eph 4:32-5:1 : 32 But be ye curteous one to another, mercifull, and forgeue one another, eue as God hath forgeuen you in Christ. 1 Be ye the folowers therfore of God as deare children,
  • Prov 12:16 : 16 A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haist, but a discrete man forgeueth wronge.
  • Gen 50:15-21 : 15 But Iosephs brethre were afrayed, wha their father was deed, and sayde: Ioseph might happly haue indignacion at vs, and recompense vs all the euell that we dyd vnto him, 16 therfore let they saye vnto him: Thy father commaunded before his death, and sayde: 17 Thus shal ye saye vnto Ioseph: O forgeue thy brethren the offence and their synne, that they dyd so euell vnto the. O forgeue now this trespace of vs the seruauntes of thy fathers God. But Ioseph wepte, whan they spake so vnto him. 18 And his brethren wente, and fell downe before him, and sayde: Beholde, here are we thy seruauntes. 19 Ioseph sayde vnto the: Feare ye not, for I am vnder God. 20 Ye thought euell ouer me, but God hath turned it vnto good, to do as it is come to passe this daye, for the sauynge of moch people. 21 Therfore be not ye now afrayed, I wyl care for you and youre children. And he comforted them, and spake louyngly vnto them.
  • Prov 17:14 : 14 He yt soweth discorde & strife, is like one yt dyggeth vp a water broke: but an open enemie is like the water yt breaketh out & reneth abrode.
  • Prov 20:3 : 3 It is a mans honoure to kepe himself from strife, but they yt haue pleasure in braulinge, are fooles eueryone.
  • Prov 25:21 : 21 Yf thine enemie honger, fede him: yf he thyrst, geue him drynke:
  • Matt 18:21-22 : 21 Then came Peter vnto him, & sayde, LORDE, how oft shal I forgeue my brother, yt trespaceth agaynst me? Seue tymes? 22 Iesus saide vnto hi: I saye not vnto ye seue tymes, but seuetie tymes seuen tymes.