“The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, And his glory is to overlook a transgression” (Proverbs 19:11, NKJV). Glory here is attached to something we rarely celebrate, overlooking an offense rather than responding to it.
This isn’t about ignoring genuine harm or refusing accountability where it’s actually needed. It’s about the discretion to let smaller offenses simply pass, rather than escalating every slight.
That kind of restraint takes real discretion, the wisdom to distinguish what’s actually worth addressing from what’s better simply overlooked.
What recent transgression against you might actually be more glorious to overlook than to escalate?