Proverbs 25:15
If someone keeps requesting a ruler long enough to do something, he will often agree to do it; similarly, by speaking [MTY] gently we can often convince others that what we say is right [IDM].
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
In Context
16If you find some honey, do not eat a lot of it, because doing that may cause you to vomit.
Cross References
Judges 14:9So he scooped some of the honey into his hands and ate some of it as he was walking along. He also gave some of it to his mother and father, but he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the skeleton of the lion, because anyone dedicated to God was not to touch any corpse.
1 Samuel 25:24Then she prostrated herself at David’s feet and said to him, “Sir, I deserve to be punished for what my husband has done. Please listen to what I say to you.
Proverbs 15:1When 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.
Proverbs 16:32Those who do not become angry quickly are better than those who are powerful; it is better to ◄control your temper/keep yourself from becoming very angry► than to conquer 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 →