Verse 1

A soft{H7390} answer{H4617} turneth{H7725}{(H8686)} away wrath{H2534}: but grievous{H6089} words{H1697} stir up{H5927}{(H8686)} anger{H639}.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 25:15 : 15 By long{H753} forbearing{H639} is a prince{H7101} persuaded{H6601}{(H8792)}, and a soft{H7390} tongue{H3956} breaketh{H7665}{(H8799)} the bone{H1634}.
  • Prov 29:22 : 22 An angry{H639} man{H376} stirreth up{H1624}{(H8762)} strife{H4066}, and a furious{H2534} man{H1167} aboundeth in{H7227} transgression{H6588}.
  • Prov 15:18 : 18 A wrathful{H2534} man{H376} stirreth up{H1624}{(H8762)} strife{H4066}: but he that is slow{H750} to anger{H639} appeaseth{H8252}{(H8686)} strife{H7379}.
  • 1 Sam 25:21-33 : 21 Now David{H1732} had said{H559}{(H8804)}, Surely in vain{H8267} have I kept{H8104}{(H8804)} all that this{H2088} fellow hath in the wilderness{H4057}, so that nothing{H3972} was missed{H6485}{(H8738)} of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited{H7725}{(H8686)} me evil{H7451} for good{H2896}. 22 So{H3541} and more{H3254}{(H8686)} also do{H6213}{(H8799)} God{H430} unto the enemies{H341}{(H8802)} of David{H1732}, if I leave{H7604}{(H8686)} of all that pertain to him by{H5704} the morning{H1242} light{H216} any that pisseth{H8366}{(H8688)} against the wall{H7023}. 23 And when Abigail{H26} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} David{H1732}, she hasted{H4116}{(H8762)}, and lighted off{H3381}{(H8799)} the ass{H2543}, and fell{H5307}{(H8799)} before{H639} David{H1732} on her face{H6440}, and bowed{H7812}{(H8691)} herself to the ground{H776}, 24 And fell{H5307}{(H8799)} at his feet{H7272}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Upon me, my lord{H113}, upon me let this iniquity{H5771} be: and let thine handmaid{H519}, I pray thee, speak{H1696}{(H8762)} in thine audience{H241}, and hear{H8085}{(H8798)} the words{H1697} of thine handmaid{H589}. 25 Let{H7760}{(H8799)} not my lord{H113}, I pray thee, regard{H3820} this man{H376} of Belial{H1100}, even Nabal{H5037}: for as his name{H8034} is, so is he; Nabal{H5037} is his name{H8034}, and folly{H5039} is with him: but I thine handmaid{H519} saw{H7200}{(H8804)} not the young men{H5288} of my lord{H113}, whom thou didst send{H7971}{(H8804)}. 26 Now therefore, my lord{H113}, as the LORD{H3068} liveth{H2416}, and as thy soul{H5315} liveth{H2416}, seeing the LORD{H3068} hath withholden{H4513}{(H8804)} thee from coming{H935}{(H8800)} to shed blood{H1818}, and from avenging{H3467}{(H8687)} thyself with thine own hand{H3027}, now let thine enemies{H341}{(H8802)}, and they that seek{H1245}{(H8764)} evil{H7451} to my lord{H113}, be as Nabal{H5037}. 27 And now this blessing{H1293} which thine handmaid{H8198} hath brought{H935}{(H8689)} unto my lord{H113}, let it even be given{H5414}{(H8738)} unto the young men{H5288} that follow{H1980}{(H8693)}{H7272} my lord{H113}. 28 I pray thee, forgive{H5375}{(H8798)} the trespass{H6588} of thine handmaid{H519}: for the LORD{H3068} will certainly{H6213}{(H8800)} make{H6213}{(H8799)} my lord{H113} a sure{H539}{(H8737)} house{H1004}; because my lord{H113} fighteth{H3898}{(H8737)} the battles{H4421} of the LORD{H3068}, and evil{H7451} hath not been found{H4672}{(H8735)} in thee all thy days{H3117}. 29 Yet a man{H120} is risen{H6965}{(H8799)} to pursue{H7291}{(H8800)} thee, and to seek{H1245}{(H8763)} thy soul{H5315}: but the soul{H5315} of my lord{H113} shall be bound{H6887}{(H8803)} in the bundle{H6872} of life{H2416} with the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}; and the souls{H5315} of thine enemies{H341}{(H8802)}, them shall he sling out{H7049}{(H8762)}, as out of the middle{H8432}{H3709} of a sling{H7050}. 30 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD{H3068} shall have done{H6213}{(H8799)} to my lord{H113} according to all the good{H2896} that he hath spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} concerning thee, and shall have appointed{H6680}{(H8765)} thee ruler{H5057} over Israel{H3478}; 31 That this shall be no grief{H6330} unto thee, nor offence{H4383} of heart{H3820} unto my lord{H113}, either that thou hast shed{H8210}{(H8800)} blood{H1818} causeless{H2600}, or that my lord{H113} hath avenged{H3467}{(H8687)} himself: but when the LORD{H3068} shall have dealt well{H3190}{(H8689)} with my lord{H113}, then remember{H2142}{(H8804)} thine handmaid{H519}. 32 And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} to Abigail{H26}, Blessed{H1288}{(H8803)} be the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, which sent{H7971}{(H8804)} thee this day{H3117} to meet{H7125}{(H8800)} me: 33 And blessed{H1288}{(H8803)} be thy advice{H2940}, and blessed{H1288}{(H8803)} be thou, which hast kept{H3607}{(H8804)} me this day{H3117} from coming{H935}{(H8800)} to shed blood{H1818}, and from avenging{H3467}{(H8687)} myself with mine own hand{H3027}.
  • 1 Kgs 12:13-16 : 13 And the king{H4428} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} the people{H5971} roughly{H7186}, and forsook{H5800}{(H8799)} the old men's{H2205} counsel{H6098} that they gave{H3289}{(H8804)} him; 14 And spake{H1696}{(H8762)} to them after the counsel{H6098} of the young men{H3206}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, My father{H1} made{H3513} your yoke{H5923} heavy{H3513}{(H8689)}, and I will add{H3254}{(H8686)} to your yoke{H5923}: my father{H1} also chastised{H3256}{(H8765)} you with whips{H7752}, but I will chastise{H3256}{(H8762)} you with scorpions{H6137}. 15 Wherefore the king{H4428} hearkened{H8085}{(H8804)} not unto the people{H5971}; for the cause{H5438} was from the LORD{H3068}, that he might perform{H6965}{(H8687)} his saying{H1697}, which the LORD{H3068} spake{H1696}{(H8765)} by{H3027} Ahijah{H281} the Shilonite{H7888} unto Jeroboam{H3379} the son{H1121} of Nebat{H5028}. 16 So{H7725}{(H8686)} when all Israel{H3478} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} that the king{H4428} hearkened{H8085}{(H8804)} not unto them, the people{H5971} answered{H1697} the king{H4428}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, What portion{H2506} have we in David{H1732}? neither have we inheritance{H5159} in the son{H1121} of Jesse{H3448}: to your tents{H168}, O Israel{H3478}: now see{H7200}{(H8798)} to thine own house{H1004}, David{H1732}. So Israel{H3478} departed{H3212}{(H8799)} unto their tents{H168}.
  • Prov 10:12 : 12 Hatred{H8135} stirreth up{H5782}{(H8787)} strifes{H4090}: but love{H160} covereth{H3680}{(H8762)} all sins{H6588}.
  • Judg 8:1-3 : 1 And the men{H376} of Ephraim{H669} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Why hast thou{H4100} served{H6213}{(H8804)} us thus{H1697}, that thou calledst{H7121}{(H8800)} us not, when thou wentest{H1980}{(H8804)} to fight{H3898}{(H8736)} with the Midianites{H4080}? And they did chide{H7378}{(H8799)} with him sharply{H2394}. 2 And he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, What have I done{H6213}{(H8804)} now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning{H5955} of the grapes of Ephraim{H669} better{H2896} than the vintage{H1210} of Abiezer{H44}? 3 God{H430} hath delivered{H5414}{(H8804)} into your hands{H3027} the princes{H8269} of Midian{H4080}, Oreb{H6159} and Zeeb{H2062}: and what was I able{H3201}{(H8804)} to do{H6213}{(H8800)} in comparison of you? Then their anger{H7307} was abated{H7503}{(H8804)} toward him, when he had said{H1697} that{H1696}{(H8763)}.
  • Prov 28:25 : 25 He that is of a proud{H7342} heart{H5315} stirreth up{H1624}{(H8762)} strife{H4066}: but he that putteth his trust{H982}{(H8802)} in the LORD{H3068} shall be made fat{H1878}{(H8792)}.
  • Judg 12:3-6 : 3 And when I saw{H7200}{(H8799)} that ye delivered{H3467}{(H8688)} me not, I put{H7760}{(H8799)} my life{H5315} in my hands{H3709}, and passed over{H5674}{(H8799)} against the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983}, and the LORD{H3068} delivered{H5414}{(H8799)} them into my hand{H3027}: wherefore then are ye come up{H5927}{(H8804)} unto me this day{H3117}, to fight{H3898}{(H8736)} against me? 4 Then Jephthah{H3316} gathered together{H6908}{(H8799)} all the men{H582} of Gilead{H1568}, and fought{H3898}{(H8735)} with Ephraim{H669}: and the men{H582} of Gilead{H1568} smote{H5221}{(H8686)} Ephraim{H669}, because they said{H559}{(H8804)}, Ye Gileadites{H1568} are fugitives{H6412} of Ephraim{H669} among{H8432} the Ephraimites{H669}, and among{H8432} the Manassites{H4519}. 5 And the Gileadites{H1568} took{H3920}{(H8799)} the passages{H4569} of Jordan{H3383} before the Ephraimites{H669}: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites{H669} which were escaped{H6412} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Let me go over{H5674}{(H8799)}; that the men{H582} of Gilead{H1568} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite{H673}? If he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Nay; 6 Then said{H559}{(H8799)} they unto him, Say{H559}{(H8798)} now Shibboleth{H7641}: and he said{H559}{(H8799)} Sibboleth{H5451}: for he could not frame{H3559} to pronounce{H1696}{(H8763)} it right{H3559}{(H8686)}. Then they took{H270}{(H8799)} him, and slew{H7819}{(H8799)} him at the passages{H4569} of Jordan{H3383}: and there fell{H5307}{(H8799)} at that time{H6256} of the Ephraimites{H669} forty{H705} and two{H8147} thousand{H505}.
  • 1 Sam 25:10-13 : 10 And Nabal{H5037} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} David's{H1732} servants{H5650}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Who is David{H1732}? and who is the son{H1121} of Jesse{H3448}? there be many{H7231}{(H8804)} servants{H5650} now a days{H3117} that break away{H6555}{(H8693)} every man{H376} from{H6440} his master{H113}. 11 Shall I then take{H3947}{(H8804)} my bread{H3899}, and my water{H4325}, and my flesh{H2878} that I have killed{H2873}{(H8804)} for my shearers{H1494}{(H8802)}, and give{H5414}{(H8804)} it unto men{H582}, whom I know{H3045}{(H8804)} not whence they be? 12 So David's{H1732} young men{H5288} turned{H2015}{(H8799)} their way{H1870}, and went again{H7725}{(H8799)}, and came{H935}{(H8799)} and told{H5046}{(H8686)} him all those sayings{H1697}. 13 And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto his men{H582}, Gird ye on{H2296}{(H8798)} every man{H376} his sword{H2719}. And they girded on{H2296}{(H8799)} every man{H376} his sword{H2719}; and David{H1732} also girded on{H2296}{(H8799)} his sword{H2719}: and there went up{H5927}{(H8799)} after{H310} David{H1732} about four{H702} hundred{H3967} men{H376}; and two hundred{H3967} abode{H3427}{(H8804)} by the stuff{H3627}.