Proverbs 25:15

A Conservative Version

By long-suffering a ruler is persuaded, and a soft tongue breaks the bone.

Cross References

Proverbs 15:1

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

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the spirit of the ruler rises up against thee, leave not thy place, for deference allays great offences.

Proverbs 16:14

The wrath of a king is messengers of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

1 Samuel 25:14

But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master, and he railed at them.

Judges 14:9

And he took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went. And he came to his father and mother, and gave to them, and they ate, but he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion.

Job 41:3

Will he make many supplications to thee? Or will he speak soft words to thee?

Proverbs 16:32

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.