Proverbs 25:15 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁵ Through patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue can break a bone.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ By long forbearance and calmness of spirit a judge or ruler is persuaded, and soft speech breaks down the most bonelike resistance. [Gen. 32:4; I Sam. 25:24; Prov. 15:1; 16:14.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ A commander can be persuaded with patience, and a tender tongue can break a bone.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ By patience, a leader shall be appeased, and a soft tongue shall break hardness.

Proverbs 25:15 Tagairtí Cros

Job 41:3

Who has confronted Me that I should repay? Everything under heaven belongs to Me.

Proverbs 15:1

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 16:14

A king’s fury is like messengers of death, but a wise man will appease it.

Proverbs 16:32

Better to be slow to anger than a mighty warrior. One who controls his temper is better than one who conquers a city.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If a ruler’s spirit rises up against you, do not leave your post, for composure allays great offences.

Judges 14:9

So he scraped it into his hands and went on, eating as he went. Now when he came to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it, though he did not tell them that he had scraped the honey from the carcass of the lion.

1 Samuel 25:14

But one of the young men told Nabal’s wife Abigail saying, “Look, David had sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he spurned them.