Proverbs 25:15
By long patience, is a judge persuaded, and, a soft tongue, breaketh the bone.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
In Context
14Clouds and wind, when rain there is none, is the man who boasteth himself of a pretended gift.
16Honey having found, eat to suffice thee, lest thou loathe it, and vomit it forth.
Cross References
Judges 14:9which he took into his hands, and went on—eating as he went, and came unto his father and unto his mother, and gave unto them, and they did eat,—but he told them not that, out of the carcass of the lion, he had taken the honey.
1 Samuel 25:24yea she fell at his feet, and said—On me, even me, my lord, be the transgression,—But, I pray thee, let thy handmaid speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy handmaid.
Proverbs 15:1A soft answer, turneth away wrath, but a cutting word raiseth anger.
Proverbs 16:32Better he that is slow to anger, than a hero, and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that captureth 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 →