Proverbs 25:15

New King James Version

By long forbearance a ruler is persuaded, And a gentle tongue breaks a bone.

Cross References

Job 41:3

Will he make many supplications to you? Will he speak softly to you?

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 16:14

As messengers of death is the king’s wrath, But a wise man will appease it.

Proverbs 16:32

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

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the spirit of the ruler rises against you, Do not leave your post; For conciliation pacifies great offenses.

Judges 14:9

He took some of it in his hands and went along, eating. When he came to his father and mother, he gave some to them, and they also ate. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the carcass of the lion.

1 Samuel 25:14

Now one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master; and he reviled them.