Proverbs 25:15
By forbearance is a katzin (ruler) persuaded, 1 and a gentle lashon breaketh the bone. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
In Context
14He who boasteth falsely of giving 1 is like clouds and ruach (wind) without geshem (rain). 1
Cross References
Judges 14:9And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his av and em, and he gave them, and they did eat; but he told not them that he had taken the devash out of the geviyah of the lion.
1 Samuel 25:24And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, adoni, upon me let this avon be; and let now thine handmaid speak in thine audience, and hear the devarim of thine handmaid.
Proverbs 15:1A soft answer turneth away chemah (wrath); 1 but harsh devarim stir up anger. 1
Proverbs 16:32He that is slow to anger 1 is better than the gibbor; 1 and he that ruleth his ruach 1 than he that captures a city. 1
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 →