Proverbs 25:15
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh bones.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
In Context
14Like clouds and wind without rain, so is a man that vaunteth falsely of a gift.
Cross References
Judges 14:9And he took it out in his hands, and went on, eating as he was going, and came to his father and mother, and he gave unto them, and they did eat; but he told them not that out of the carcass of the lion he had taken the honey.
1 Samuel 25:24And she fell at his feet, and said, On me, me, my lord, is the fault: and let thy hand-maid, I pray thee, speak in thy hearing, and listen to the words of thy hand-maid.
Proverbs 15:1A soft answer turneth away fury; but a mortifying word stirreth up anger.
Proverbs 16:32One that is slow to anger is better than a hero; and he that ruleth his spirit, than the conqueror of a city.
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 →