Proverbs 25:15 - Catholic Public Domain Version

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

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁵ With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone.

Proverbs 25:15 交叉引用

Job 41:3

I will not spare him, nor his powerful words and counterfeit attempts at supplication.

Proverbs 15:1

A mild response shatters anger. But a harsh word stirs up fury.

Proverbs 16:14

The indignation of a king is a herald of death. And the wise man will appease it.

Proverbs 16:32

A patient man is better than a strong one. And whoever rules his soul is better than one who assaults cities.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the spirit of one who holds authority rises over you, do not leave your place, because attentiveness will cause the greatest sins to cease.

Judges 14:9

And when he had taken it in his hands, he ate it along the way. And arriving to his father and mother, he gave them a portion, and they also ate it. Yet he was not willing to reveal to them that he had taken the honey from the body of the lion.

1 Samuel 25:14

Then it was reported to Abigail, the wife of Nabal, by one of his servants, saying: "Behold, David has sent messengers from the desert, so that they might speak kindly to our lord. But he turned them away.