Proverbs 25:15

New Century Version

With patience you can convince a ruler, and a gentle word can get through to the hard-headed.

Cross References

Job 41:3

Will it keep begging you for mercy and speak to you with gentle words?

Proverbs 15:1

A gentle answer will calm a person’s anger, but an unkind answer will cause more anger.

Proverbs 16:14

An angry king can put someone to death, so a wise person will try to make him happy.

Proverbs 16:32

Patience is better than strength. Controlling your temper is better than capturing a city.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

Don’t leave your job just because your boss is angry with you. Remaining calm solves great problems.

Judges 14:9

Samson got some of the honey with his hands and walked along eating it. When he came to his parents, he gave some to them. They ate it, too, but Samson did not tell them he had taken the honey from the body of the dead lion.

1 Samuel 25:14

One of Nabal’s servants said to Abigail, Nabal’s wife, “David sent messengers from the desert to greet our master, but Nabal insulted them.