Proverbs 25:15 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁵ Through patience a ruler is persuaded, And a soft tongue shatters 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Proverbs 25:15 Cross References

Job 41:3

Would he keep on pleading with you? Would he speak softly to you?

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up displeasure.

Proverbs 16:14

The sovereign’s wrath is a messenger of death, But a wise man appeases it.

Proverbs 16:32

He who is patient is better than the mighty, And he who rules over his spirit than he who takes a city.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the spirit of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your post, for calmness lays to rest great faults.

Judges 14:9

And he took some of it in his hands and went along, eating. And he came to his father and mother, and gave them, and they ate. But he did not make known to them that he took the honey out of the carcass of the lion.

1 Samuel 25:14

And one of the young men informed Aḇiḡayil, the wife of Naḇal, saying, “See, Dawiḏ has sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he scoffed at them.