Proverbs 25:15

Modern King James Version

In being slow to anger a ruler is won over, and a soft tongue breaks the bone.

Cross References

Job 41:3

Will he multiply pleas for help to you? Will he speak soft words to you?

Proverbs 15:1

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

Proverbs 16:14

The wrath of a king is as messengers of death, but a wise man will quiet it.

Proverbs 16:32

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

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, do not leave your place; for yielding quiets great sinners.

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 to them, and they ate. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the dead body of the lion.

1 Samuel 25:14

And 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 screamed at them.