Proverbs 25:15
A judge is moved by one who for a long time undergoes wrongs without protest, and by a soft tongue even bone is broken.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
In Context
14As clouds and wind without rain, so is one who takes credit for an offering he has not given.
Cross References
Judges 14:9And he took the honey in his hand, and went on, tasting it on the way; and when he came to his father and mother he gave some to them; but did not say that he had taken the honey from the body of the lion.
1 Samuel 25:24And falling at his feet she said, May the wrong be on me, my lord, on me: let your servant say a word to you, and give ear to the words of your servant.
Proverbs 15:1By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.
Proverbs 16:32He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 25:15
14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain. He may be said to boast of a false gift, 1. Who pretends to have received or given that which he never had, which he never gave, makes a noise of his great accomplishments and his good services, but it is all false; he is not what he pretends to be. Or, 2. Who promises what he will give and what he will do, but performs nothing, who raises people's expectations of the mighty things he will do for his country, for his friends, what… Read the whole commentary →