Proverbs 19:10-12

The Message

¹⁰Blockheads shouldn’t live on easy street
any more than workers should give orders to their boss.

¹¹Smart people know how to hold their tongue;
their grandeur is to forgive and forget.

¹²Mean-tempered leaders are like mad dogs;
the good-natured are like fresh morning dew.

Proverbs 19:10-12

New International Version

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

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

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

The Message (MSG)

New International Version (NIV)