Proverbs 15:1
When people are angry with you, reply to them gently, and it will calm them; but if you reply harshly to them, it causes them to become more angry.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
In Context
Cross References
Judges 8:3God enabled you to defeat Oreb and Zeeb, the generals of the army from Midian. That is [RHQ] much more important than what I did!” After Gideon told them that, they no longer resented what he had done.
1 Samuel 25:10He said to them, “Who does this man, this son of Jesse, think that he is? [DOU, RHQ] There are many slaves who are running away from their masters at the present time, and it seems to me that he is just one of them.
2 Samuel 19:43The men of the other Israeli tribes replied, “ There are ten tribes in Israel, and only one in Judah. So it is ten times more right for us to say that David is our king than it is for you to say that. So why are you despising us [RHQ]? We were certainly [RHQ] the first ones to talk about bringing David back to Jerusalem to be our king again.” But the men of Judah spoke more harshly than the men from the other tribes of Israel did.
1 Kings 12:13The king ignored the advice of the older men and spoke harshly to the Israeli leaders.
2 Chronicles 10:7They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and do things that will please them, and if you say kind things to them when you answer them, they will always serve you.”
Proverbs 10:12When we hate others, it causes quarrels, but if we love others, we forgive them for the wrong things that they do.