Proverbs 25:15
By patience a prince shall be appeased, and a soft tongue shall break hardness.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
In Context
Cross References
Judges 14:9And when be had taken it in his hands, he went on eating: and coming to his father and mother, he gave them of it, and they ate: but he would not tell them, that he had taken the honey from the body of the lion.
1 Samuel 25:24And she fell at his feet, and said: Upon me let this iniquity be, my lord: let thy handmaid speak, I beseech thee, in thy ears: and hear the words of thy servant.
Proverbs 15:1A mild answer breaketh wrath: but a harsh word stirreth up fury.
Proverbs 16:32The patient man is better than the valiant: and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh cities.
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 →