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Proverbs 19:10-12
Contemporary English Version

10 It isn't right for a fool
    to live in luxury
or for a slave to rule
    in place of a king.
11 It's wise to be patient
and show what you are like
    by forgiving others.
12 An angry king roars
    like a lion,
but when a king is pleased,
    it's like dew on the crops.

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Proverbs 19:10-12
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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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