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

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

13 A foolish child is a father’s ruin,(E)
    and a quarrelsome wife is like
    the constant dripping of a leaky roof.(F)

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