Proverbs 25:15

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

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

Cross References

Job 41:3

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

Proverbs 15:1

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

Proverbs 16:14

The king's wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

Proverbs 16:32

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don't leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.

Judges 14:9

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 didn't tell them that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion.

1 Samuel 25:14

But one of the young men told Avigayil, Naval's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to Greet our master; and he railed at them.