Proverbs 25:15
With patience a ruler can be persuaded 1 and a soft tongue can break a bone. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
In Context
14Clouds and wind without rain 1 is the one who boasts about a gift he does not give. 1
16If you find honey, eat just enough— 1 otherwise, having too much of it, you vomit it up. 1
Cross References
Judges 14:9He scraped up the honey in his hands and went on, eating as he went. When he came to his father and his mother, he gave some to them, and they ate. But he did not tell them he had taken the honey out of what was left of the lion's body.
1 Samuel 25:24She lay at his feet and said, “On me alone, my master, be the guilt. Please let your servant speak to you, and listen to the words of your servant.
Proverbs 15:1A gentle answer turns away wrath, 1 but a harsh word stirs up anger. 1
Proverbs 16:32It is better to be slow to anger than to be a warrior 1 and one who rules his spirit is stronger than one who conquers 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 →