Proverbs 25:15
By long-suffering is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh a bone.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
In Context
14Clouds and wind, and rain there is none, [Is] a man boasting himself in a false gift.
16Honey thou hast found — eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated [with] it, and hast vomited it.
Cross References
Judges 14:9And he taketh it down on to his hands, and goeth on, going and eating; and he goeth unto his father, and unto his mother, and giveth to them, and they eat, and he hath not declared to them that from the body of the lion he took down the honey.
1 Samuel 25:24and falleth at his feet and saith, 'On me, my lord, the iniquity; and let, I pray thee, thy handmaid speak in thine ear, and hear the words of thy handmaid.
Proverbs 15:1A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.
Proverbs 16:32Better [is] the slow to anger than the mighty, And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking 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 →