Proverbs 25:15 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁵By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

Proverbs 25:15 —

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Cross-References

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Proverbs 15:1
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
Proverbs 16:14
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
1 Samuel 25:14
But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
Genesis 32:4-21
And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: …

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Commentary

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

(vv. 15)

Two things are here recommended to us, in dealing with others, as likely means to gain our point:—1. Patience, to bear a present heat without being put into a heat by it, and to wait for a fit opportunity to offer our reasons and to give persons time to consider them. By this means even a prince may be persuaded to do a thing which he seemed very averse to, much more a common person. That which is…

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

(vv. 15)

15. Gentleness and kindness overcome the most powerful and obstinate. long forbearing--or, “slowness to anger” (Pr 14:29; 15:18).