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11 Insightful people restrain their anger;
    their glory is to ignore an offense.
12 A raging king roars like a lion;
    his favor is like the dew on the grass.
13 A foolish son is a disaster to his father;
    a contentious wife is like constant dripping.

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11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

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