Proverbs 15:1

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

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

Cross References

Proverbs 25:15

By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

Proverbs 15:18

A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.

Proverbs 28:25

One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

2 Samuel 19:43

The men of Yisra'el answered the men of Yehudah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more [right] in David than you: why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? The words of the men of Yehudah were fiercer than the words of the men of Yisra'el.

1 Kings 12:7

They spoke to him, saying, If you will be a servant to this people this day, and will serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.

2 Chronicles 10:7

They spoke to him, saying, If you are kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.

Job 41:3

Will he make many petitions to you, or will he speak soft words to you?

Proverbs 29:8

Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.

Acts 19:41

When he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.