Proverbs 25:15

King James 2000

By long patience is a prince persuaded, and a gentle tongue breaks the bone.

Cross References

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, leave not your post; for yielding pacifies great offences.

Proverbs 16:14

The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will appease 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 greet our master; and he railed at them.

Judges 14:9

And he took some of it in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told them not that he had taken the honey out of the carcass of the lion.

Job 41:3

Will he make many supplications unto you? will he speak soft words unto you?

Proverbs 16:32

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