Proverbs 25:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁵ A ruler can be persuaded through patience, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ By long forbearance and calmness of spirit a judge or ruler is persuaded, and soft speech breaks down the most bonelike resistance. [Gen. 32:4; I Sam. 25:24; Prov. 15:1; 16:14.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ A commander can be persuaded with patience, and a tender tongue can break a bone.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ By patience, a leader shall be appeased, and a soft tongue shall break hardness.

Proverbs 25:15 Cross References

Job 41:3

Will he beg you for mercy or speak softly to you?

Proverbs 15:1

A gentle answer turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

Proverbs 16:14

A king’s fury is a messenger of death, but a wise person appeases it.

Proverbs 16:32

Patience is better than power, and controlling one’s emotions,  than capturing a city.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the ruler’s anger rises against you, don’t leave your post, for calmness puts great offences to rest.

Judges 14:9

He scooped some honey into his hands and ate it as he went along. When he came to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it. But he did not tell them that he had scooped the honey from the lion’s carcass.

1 Samuel 25:14

One of Nabal’s young men informed Abigail, Nabal’s wife, ‘Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master,  but he screamed at them.