Proverbs 19:11-13

International Children’s Bible

¹¹A wise person is patient.
He will be honored if he ignores a wrong done against him.

¹²A king’s anger scares people like the roar of a lion.
But his kindness is as pleasant as the dew on the grass.

¹³A foolish son will ruin his father.
And a quarreling wife is as bothersome as dripping water.

Proverbs 19:11-13

New International Version

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

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

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

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

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

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

International Children’s Bible (ICB)

New International Version (NIV)