Proverbs 25:15
By patience a ruler is persuaded.A soft tongue breaks the bone.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
In Context
14As clouds and wind without rain,so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.
16Have you found honey?Eat as much as is sufficient for you,lest you eat too much, and vomit it.
Cross References
Judges 14:9He took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went. And he came to his father and mother, and gave to them, and they ate. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion.
1 Samuel 25:24She fell at his feet, and said, "On me, my lord, on me be the iniquity; and please let your handmaid speak in your ears. Hear the words of your handmaid.
Proverbs 15:1A gentle answer turns away wrath,but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 16:32One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty;one who rules his spirit, than he who 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 →