Proverbs 25:15

Bible in Basic English 1965

A judge is moved by one who for a long time undergoes wrongs without protest, and by a soft tongue even bone is broken.

Cross References

Job 41:3

Will he make prayers to you, or say soft words to you?

Proverbs 15:1

By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.

Proverbs 16:14

The wrath of the king is like those who give news of death, but a wise man will put peace in place of it.

Proverbs 16:32

He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the wrath of the ruler is against you, keep in your place; in him who keeps quiet even great sins may be overlooked.

Judges 14:9

And he took the honey in his hand, and went on, tasting it on the way; and when he came to his father and mother he gave some to them; but did not say that he had taken the honey from the body of the lion.

1 Samuel 25:14

But one of the young men said to Nabal's wife Abigail, David sent men from the waste land to say kind words to our master, and he gave them a rough answer.