Proverbs 25:15

English Standard Version 2016

With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone.

Cross References

Proverbs 15:1

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

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for calmness will lay great offenses to rest.

Proverbs 16:14

A king’s wrath is a messenger of death, and a wise man will appease it.

1 Samuel 25:14

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

Judges 14:9

He scraped it out into his hands and went on, eating as he went. And he came to his father and mother and gave some to them, and they ate. But he did not tell them that he had scraped the honey from the carcass of the lion.

Job 41:3

Will he make many pleas to you? Will he speak to you soft words?

Proverbs 16:32

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