10 [a]Pleasure is not comely for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

11 The discretion of man deferreth his anger: and his glory is [b]to pass by an offence.

12 (A)The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion: but his favor is like the dew upon the grass.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:10 The free use of things are not to be permitted to him that cannot use them aright.
  2. Proverbs 19:11 That is, to cover it by charity, and to do therein as may most serve to God’s glory.

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