THEOSISProverbs 25:15Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
By patience a prince shall be appeased, and a soft tongue shall break hardness.
בְּאֹ֣רֶךְ אַ֭פַּיִם יְפֻתֶּ֣ה קָצִ֑ין וְלָשׁ֥וֹן רַ֝כָּ֗ה תִּשְׁבָּר־גָּֽרֶם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 15:1A mild answer breaketh wrath: but a harsh word stirreth up fury.
- Eccl 10:4If the spirit of him that hath power, ascend upon thee, leave not thy place: because care will make the greatest sins to cease.
- Prov 16:14The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: and the wise man will pacify it.
- 1 Sam 25:24And she fell at his feet, and said: Upon me let this iniquity be, my lord: let thy handmaid speak, I beseech thee, in thy ears, and hear the words of thy servant.
- 1 Sam 25:44But Saul gave Michol, his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti, the son of Lais, who was of Gallim.
- 1 Sam 25:14But one of the servants told, Abigail, the wife of Nabal, saying: Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness, to salute our master: and he rejected them.
- Gen 32:4And he commanded them, saying: Thus shall ye speak to my lord Esau: Thus saith thy brother Jacob: I have sojourned with Laban, and have been with him until this day:
- Gen 32:21So the presents went before him, but himself lodged that night in the camp.