Proverbs 15:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ A soft answer turneth away wrath: But grievous words stir up anger.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ A SOFT answer turns away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger. [Prov. 25:15.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

Common English Bible

¹ A sensitive answer turns back wrath, but an offensive word stirs up anger.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ A mild response shatters anger. But a harsh word stirs up fury.

Proverbs 15:1 Cross References

Proverbs 25:15

With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue can break bones.

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

Proverbs 15:18

Those who are hot-tempered stir up strife, but those who are slow to anger calm contention.

Proverbs 29:22

One given to anger stirs up strife, and the hothead causes much transgression.

Proverbs 28:25

The greedy person stirs up strife, but whoever trusts in the Lord will be enriched.

2 Samuel 19:43

But the people of Israel answered the people of Judah, “We have ten shares in the king, and in David also we have more than you. Why then did you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of bringing back our king?” But the words of the people of Judah were fiercer than the words of the people of Israel.

1 Kings 12:7

They answered him, “If you will be a servant to this people today and serve them and speak good words to them when you answer them, then they will be your servants forever.”

2 Chronicles 10:7

They answered him, “If you will be kind to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”

Job 41:3

Will it make many supplications to you? Will it speak soft words to you?

Proverbs 29:8

Scoffers set a city aflame, but the wise turn away wrath.

Acts 19:41

When he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.