Proverbs 25:15

By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.

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By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.

BSB

Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.

KJV

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

ASV

By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

BBE

A judge is moved by one who for a long time undergoes wrongs without protest, and by a soft tongue even bone is broken.

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Matthew Henry · Verse 15

Be patient to bear a present hurt. Be mild to speak without passion; for persuasive language is the most effectual to prevail over the hardened mind.

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.