Proverbs 25:15

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

Cross References

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turneth away wrath: But grievous words stir up anger.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

Proverbs 16:14

The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: But a wise man will pacify 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 salute our master; and he railed on them.

Judges 14:9

And he took thereof 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 not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.

Job 41:3

Will he make many supplications unto thee? Will he speak soft words unto thee?

Proverbs 16:32

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.