THEOSISProverbs 15:1Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
A mild answer breaketh wrath: but a harsh word stirreth up fury.
מַֽעֲנֶה־רַּ֭ךְ יָשִׁ֣יב חֵמָ֑ה וּדְבַר־עֶ֝֗צֶב יַעֲלֶה־אָֽף׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 25:15By patience a prince shall be appeased, and a soft tongue shall break hardness.
- Prov 10:12Hatred stirreth up strifes: and charity covereth all sins.
- Prov 15:18A passionate man stirreth up strifes: he that is patient appeaseth those that are stirred up.
- Prov 29:22A passionate man provoketh quarrels: and he that is easily stirred up to wrath, shall be more prone to sin.
- Prov 28:25He that boasteth and puffeth up himself, stirreth up quarrels: but he that trusteth in the Lord, shall be healed.
- Judg 8:1And the men of Ephraim said to him: What is this that thou meanest to do, that thou wouldst not call us, when thou wentest to fight against Madian? And they chid him sharply, and almost offered violence.
- Judg 8:3The Lord hath delivered into your hands the princes of Madian, Oreb and Zeb: what could I have done like to what you have done? And when he had said this, their spirit was appeased, with which they swelled against him.
- 1 Sam 25:10But Nabal answering the servants of David, said: Who is David? and what is the son of Isai? servants are multiplied now days who flee from their masters.