Proverbs 25:15
By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
Revised Version 1895
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 that boasteth himself of his gifts falsely.
Cross References
Judges 14:9And he took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went, and he came to his father and mother, and gave unto them, and they did eat: but he told them not that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion.
1 Samuel 25:24And she fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me be the iniquity: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thine handmaid.
Proverbs 15:1A SOFT answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous word stirreth up anger.
Proverbs 16:32He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh 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 →