Proverbs 25:15
בְּאֹרֶךְ אַפַּיִם יְפֻתֶּה קָצִין וְלָשׁוֹן רַכָּה תִּשְׁבָּר ־ גָּֽרֶם ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
In Context
14נְשִׂיאִים וְרוּחַ וְגֶשֶׁם אָיִן אִישׁ מִתְהַלֵּל בְּמַתַּת ־ שָֽׁקֶר ׃
16דְּבַשׁ מָצָאתָ אֱכֹל דַּיֶּךָּ פֶּן ־ תִּשְׂבָּעֶנּוּ וַהֲקֵֽאתֽוֹ ׃
Cross References
Judges 14:9וַיִּרְדֵּהוּ אֶל ־ כַּפָּיו וַיֵּלֶךְ הָלוֹךְ וְאָכֹל וַיֵּלֶךְ אֶל ־ אָבִיו וְאֶל ־ אִמּוֹ וַיִּתֵּן לָהֶם וַיֹּאכֵלוּ וְלֹֽא ־ הִגִּיד לָהֶם כִּי מִגְּוִיַּת הָאַרְיֵה רָדָה הַדְּבָֽשׁ ׃
1 Samuel 25:24וַתִּפֹּל עַל ־ רַגְלָיו וַתֹּאמֶר בִּי ־ אֲנִי אֲדֹנִי הֶֽעָוֺן וּֽתְדַבֶּר ־ נָא אֲמָֽתְךָ בְּאָזְנֶיךָ וּשְׁמַע אֵת דִּבְרֵי אֲמָתֶֽךָ ׃
Proverbs 15:1מַֽעֲנֶה ־ רַּךְ יָשִׁיב חֵמָה וּדְבַר ־ עֶצֶב יַעֲלֶה ־ אָֽף ׃
Proverbs 16:32טוֹב אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם מִגִּבּוֹר וּמֹשֵׁל בְּרוּחוֹ מִלֹּכֵד עִֽיר ׃
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 →