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The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
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Imitating God's Mercy
Commentators explain that being slow to anger and forgiving offenses is a way to imitate God's own character. Scholars like Ellicott and Gill point to God's longsuffering and His glory in deferring anger (Exodus 34:6, Isaiah 48:9). By 'passing over a transgression,' a person reflects the divine mercy shown by God Himself.
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19th Century
Anglican
It is his glory to pass over a transgression. —In this he imitates a Greater. (Romans 3:25; Matthew 5:45.)<…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The discretion of a man defers his anger That he does not show it immediately; but takes time to consider of the off…
Presbyterian
He attains the truest glory who endeavors most steadily to overcome evil with good.
