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10 Luxury is not fitting for a kesil (fool); much less for an eved to have rule over sarim.

11 The seichel adam deferreth his anger, and it is his tiferet (glory) to pass over a peysha (transgression).

12 The wrath of a melech is like the roaring of a lion, but his ratzon (favor) is as tal (dew) upon the esev (grass).

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10 It is not fitting for a fool(A) to live in luxury—
    how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!(B)

11 A person’s wisdom yields patience;(C)
    it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.

12 A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion,(D)
    but his favor is like dew(E) on the grass.(F)

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