Proverbs 15:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Proverbs 15:1 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 25:15
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Proverbs 15:18
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Proverbs 29:22
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
Proverbs 28:25
He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

Topics

Anger Diplomacy Gentleness Graces Jesus, the Christ Meekness Patience Self-Control

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1)

Solomon, as conservator of the public peace, here tells us, 1. How the peace may be kept, that we may know how in our places to keep it; it is by soft words. If wrath be risen like a threatening cloud, pregnant with storms and thunder, a soft answer will disperse it and turn it away. When men are provoked, speak gently to them, and give them good words, and they will be pacified, as the Ephraimite…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

Pr 15:1-33. 1. soft--tender or gentle. turneth ... wrath--from any one. stir up--as a smouldering fire is excited.