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11 If someone is wise, he controls his anger.
    When anyone hurts him, he is careful to forget it.
12 When the king is angry, he makes people afraid,
    like a lion that roars.
But when he is pleased with you,
    that is like dew on fresh grass.
13 A foolish child will destroy his father.
    A woman who quarrels with her husband is like rain that never stops.

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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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