Good sense makes a man restrain his anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression or an offense. - Proverbs 19:11
We have visited the topic of anger MANY times here at Moms of Faith. However, this part of anger is a little different. This is a vengeful type anger. An unforgiving anger. An anger that requires someone to pay. This type of anger is sin.
Let's break our base Scripture down and dig into the meat of God's Word...
"Good sense makes a man restrain his anger,"
In the original Hebrew "good sense" actually comes from sekel and means wisdom. So when we restrain our anger we are manifesting wisdom in our lives.
Let's look closely into what exactly "overlook" and "restrain" mean...
I looked them both up in the dictionary and found the following:
Overlook is to fail to notice or consider. To excuse or pardon.
In the thesaurus I found; ignore, disregard, excuse, forgive and shrug off.
Restrain is to hold back from action. To limit or hamper the activity, growth or effect of - to bind back.
In the thesaurus I found; keep under control, gag, muzzle, prevent, stop, shackle, and handicap.
This is very enlightening to me. Think about all that we have done. Think about the sin that we all commit every day. Yet, our loving and merciful God puts mercy into practice every day. He chooses to see the Blood of Jesus and chooses to pardon our mistakes. We serve a Holy God and I am certain that this world offends His holiness every moment of every day...yet...He holds back His anger on mankind. What exactly IS offense?
An offense is a violation or breaking of social or moral rule; transgression; sin. It is something that offends or displeases.
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