Proverbs 25:15

The Scriptures 2009

Through patience a ruler is persuaded, And a soft tongue shatters a bone.

Cross References

Job 41:3

Would he keep on pleading with you? Would he speak softly to you?

Proverbs 15:1

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

Proverbs 16:14

The sovereign’s wrath is a messenger of death, But a wise man appeases it.

Proverbs 16:32

He who is patient is better than the mighty, And he who rules over 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 calmness lays to rest great faults.

Judges 14:9

And he took some of it in his hands and went along, eating. And he came to his father and mother, and gave them, and they ate. But he did not make known to them that he took the honey out of the carcass of the lion.

1 Samuel 25:14

And one of the young men informed Aḇiḡayil, the wife of Naḇal, saying, “See, Dawiḏ has sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he scoffed at them.