Proverbs 25:15 Parallel Translations

Genesis 32:4 He also commanded them saying, "Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: 'Thus says your servant Jacob, "I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now;

1 Samuel 25:24 She fell at his feet and said, "On me alone, my lord, be the blame. And please let your maidservant speak to you, and listen to the words of your maidservant.

Ecclesiastes 10:4 If the ruler's temper rises against you, do not abandon your position, because composure allays great offenses. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

25:15 By long {l} forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the {m} bone.
(l) By not creating opportunity to provoke him further.
(m) That is, the heart that is bent to anger, as in Pr 15:1.

WES:

25:15 Forbearing - By patient submission and expectation. Breaketh - Softens the hardest heart.

MHC:

25:1-3 God needs not search into any thing; nothing can be hid from him. But it is the honour of rulers to search out matters, to bring to light hidden works of darkness. 4,5. For a prince to suppress vice, and reform his people, is the best way to support his government. 6,7. Religion teaches us humility and self-denial. He who has seen the glory of the Lord in Christ Jesus, will feel his own unworthiness. 8-10. To be hasty in beginning strife, will bring into difficulties. War must at length end, and might better be prevented. It is so in private quarrels; do all thou canst to settle the matter. 11,12. A word of counsel, or reproof, rightly spoken, is especially beautiful, as fine fruit becomes still more beautiful in silver baskets. 13. See what ought to be the aim of him that is trusted with any business; to be faithful. A faithful minister, Christ's messenger, should be thus acceptable to us. 14. He who pretends to have received or given that which he never had, is like the morning cloud, that disappoints those who look for rain. 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. 16. God has given us leave to use grateful things, but we are cautioned against excess.

CONC:

Bone Break Breaketh Breaks Broken Forbearance Forbearing Gentle Judge Long-suffering Moved Patience Persuaded Prince Protest Ruler Soft Tongue Undergoes Wrongs

Bone Break Breaketh Breaks Broken Forbearance Forbearing Gentle Judge Long-Suffering Moved Patience Persuaded Prince Protest Ruler Soft Time Tongue Undergoes Wrongs

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