15By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
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A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
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.
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: …
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…
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