Proverbs 25:15 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone. 更多版本Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone. Common English Bible A commander can be persuaded with patience, and a tender tongue can break a bone. Catholic Public Domain Version By patience, a leader shall be appeased, and a soft tongue shall break hardness. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version By patience a prince shall be appeased, and a soft tongue shall break hardness. English Standard Version 2016 With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone. |
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.
But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.