Proverbs 25:15
In longsuffering is prosperity to kings, and a soft tongue breaks the bones.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
In Context
14As winds and clouds and rains are most evident objects, so is he that boasts of a false gift.
16Having found honey, eat only what is enough, lest haply you be filled, and vomit it up.
Cross References
Judges 14:9And he took it into his hands, and went on eating, and he went to his father and his mother, and gave to them, and they did eat; but he told them not that he took the honey out of the mouth of the lion.
1 Samuel 25:24+ 25:24 Heb. and Alex.+ and she fell. even to his feet, and said, On me, my lord, be my wrong: let, I pray you, your servant speak in your ears, and hear you the words of your servant.
Proverbs 15:1Anger slays even wise men; yet a submissive answer turns away wrath: but a grievous word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 16:32A man slow to anger is better than a strong man; and he that governs his temper better than he that takes 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 →