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Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
Proverbs 19:11, ESV
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What this means, and why it matters to a father

Solomon connects two things here that we often treat as separate: wisdom and anger. A man of good sense is slow to anger — not because he feels less, but because he understands more. He has thought further down the chain of consequences.

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