Proverbs 25:15

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

By long-suffering is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh a bone.

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  • Prov 15:1 : 1 A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.
  • Eccl 10:4 : 4 If the spirit of the ruler go up against thee, Thy place leave not, For yielding quieteth great sinners.
  • Prov 16:14 : 14 The fury of a king `is' messengers of death, And a wise man pacifieth it.
  • Gen 32:4-9 : 4 and commandeth them, saying, `Thus do ye say to my lord, to Esau: Thus said thy servant Jacob, With Laban I have sojourned, and I tarry until now; 5 and I have ox, and ass, flock, and man-servant, and maid-servant, and I send to declare to my lord, to find grace in his eyes.' 6 And the messengers turn back unto Jacob, saying, `We came in unto thy brother, unto Esau, and he also is coming to meet thee, and four hundred men with him;' 7 and Jacob feareth exceedingly, and is distressed, and he divideth the people who `are' with him, and the flock, and the herd, and the camels, into two camps, 8 and saith, `If Esau come in unto the one camp, and have smitten it -- then the camp which is left hath been for an escape.' 9 And Jacob saith, `God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Jehovah who saith unto me, Turn back to thy land, and to thy kindred, and I do good with thee: 10 I have been unworthy of all the kind acts, and of all the truth which Thou hast done with thy servant -- for, with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I have become two camps. 11 `Deliver me, I pray Thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I am fearing him, less he come and have smitten me -- mother beside sons; 12 and Thou -- Thou hast said, I certainly do good with thee, and have set thy seed as the sand of the sea, which is not numbered because of the multitude.' 13 And he lodgeth there during that night, and taketh from that which is coming into his hand, a present for Esau his brother: 14 she-goats two hundred, and he-goats twenty, ewes two hundred, and rams twenty, 15 suckling camels and their young ones thirty, cows forty, and bullocks ten, she-asses twenty, and foals ten; 16 and he giveth into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and saith unto his servants, `Pass over before me, and a space ye do put between drove and drove.' 17 And he commandeth the first, saying, `When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and hath asked thee, saying, Whose `art' thou? and whither goest thou? and whose `are' these before thee? 18 then thou hast said, Thy servant Jacob's: it `is' a present sent to my lord, to Esau; and lo, he also `is' behind us.' 19 And he commandeth also the second, also the third, also all who are going after the droves, saying, `According to this manner do ye speak unto Esau in your finding him, 20 and ye have said also, Lo, thy servant Jacob `is' behind us;' for he said, `I pacify his face with the present which is going before me, and afterwards I see his face; it may be he lifteth up my face;' 21 and the present passeth over before his face, and he hath lodged during that night in the camp.
  • 1 Sam 25:14 : 14 And to Abigail wife of Nabal hath one young man of the youths declared, saying, `Lo, David hath sent messengers out of the wilderness to bless our lord, and he flieth upon them;
  • 1 Sam 25:24-44 : 24 and falleth at his feet and saith, `On me, my lord, the iniquity; and let, I pray thee, thy handmaid speak in thine ear, and hear the words of thy handmaid. 25 `Let not, I pray thee, my lord set his heart to this man of worthlessness, on Nabal, for as his name `is' so `is' he; Nabal `is' his name, and folly `is' with him; and I, thine handmaid, did not see the young men of my lord whom thou didst send; 26 and now, my lord, Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, in that Jehovah hath withheld thee from coming in with blood, and to save thy hand to thee -- now let thine enemies be as Nabal, even those seeking evil unto my lord. 27 `And, now, this blessing which thy maid-servant hath brought to my lord -- it hath been given to the young men who are going up and down at the feet of my lord. 28 `Bear, I pray thee, with the transgression of thy handmaid, for Jehovah doth certainly make to my lord a stedfast house; for the battles of Jehovah hath my lord fought, and evil is not found in thee `all' thy days. 29 And man riseth to pursue thee and to seek thy soul, and the soul of my lord hath been bound in the bundle of life with Jehovah thy God; as to the soul of thine enemies, He doth sling them out in the midst of the hollow of the sling. 30 `And it hath been, when Jehovah doth to my lord according to all the good which He hath spoken concerning thee, and appointed thee for leader over Israel, 31 that this is not to thee for a stumbling-block, and for an offence of heart to my lord -- either to shed blood for nought, or my lord's restraining himself; and Jehovah hath done good to my lord, and thou hast remembered thy handmaid.' 32 And David saith to Abigail, `Blessed `is' Jehovah, God of Israel, who hath sent thee this day to meet me, 33 and blessed `is' thy discretion, and blessed `art' thou in that thou hast restrained me this day from coming in with blood, and to restrain my hand to myself. 34 And yet, Jehovah liveth, God of Israel, who hath kept me back from doing evil with thee, for unless thou hadst hasted, and dost come to meet me, surely there had not been left to Nabal till the light of the morning, of those sitting on the wall.' 35 And David receiveth from her hand that which she hath brought to him, and to her he hath said, `Go up in peace to thy house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and accept thy face.' 36 And Abigail cometh in unto Nabal, and lo, he hath a banquet in his house, like a banquet of the king, and the heart of Nabal `is' glad within him, and he `is' drunk unto excess, and she hath not declared to him anything, less or more, till the light of the morning. 37 And it cometh to pass in the morning, when the wine is gone out from Nabal, that his wife declareth to him these things, and his heart dieth within him, and he hath been as a stone. 38 And it cometh to pass, `in' about ten days, that Jehovah smiteth Nabal, and he dieth, 39 and David heareth that Nabal `is' dead, and saith, `Blessed `is' Jehovah who hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and His servant hath kept back from evil, and the wickedness of Nabal hath Jehovah turned back on his own head;' and David sendeth and speaketh with Abigail, to take her to him for a wife. 40 And the servants of David come in unto Abigail at Carmel, and speak unto her, saying, `David hath sent us unto thee to take thee to him for a wife.' 41 And she riseth and boweth herself -- face to the earth -- and saith, `Lo, thy handmaid `is' for a maid-servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.' 42 And Abigail hasteth and riseth, and rideth on the ass; and five of her young women who are going at her feet; and she goeth after the messengers of David, and is to him for a wife. 43 And Ahinoam hath David taken from Jezreel, and they are -- even both of them -- to him for wives; 44 and Saul gave Michal his daughter, wife to David, to Phalti son of Laish, who `is' of Gallim.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:1-2
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    1A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

    2The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.

  • Prov 15:4
    74%

    4A healed tongue `is' a tree of life, And perverseness in it -- a breach in the spirit.

  • Prov 16:13-15
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    72%

    13The delight of kings `are' righteous lips, And whoso is speaking uprightly he loveth,

    14The fury of a king `is' messengers of death, And a wise man pacifieth it.

    15In the light of a king's face `is' life, And his good-will `is' as a cloud of the latter rain.

  • Prov 16:23-24
    2 verses
    72%

    23The heart of the wise causeth his mouth to act wisely, And by his lips he increaseth learning,

    24Sayings of pleasantness `are' a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.

  • Prov 14:29-30
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    72%

    29Whoso is slow to anger `is' of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.

    30A healed heart `is' life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones `is' envy.

  • Eccl 10:4
    71%

    4If the spirit of the ruler go up against thee, Thy place leave not, For yielding quieteth great sinners.

  • Prov 29:1
    71%

    1A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.

  • Prov 25:16
    70%

    16Honey thou hast found -- eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated `with' it, and hast vomited it.

  • Prov 15:18
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    18A man of fury stirreth up contention, And the slow to anger appeaseth strife.

  • Prov 16:32
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    32Better `is' the slow to anger than the mighty, And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking a city.

  • Prov 19:11-12
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    70%

    11The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory `is' to pass over transgression.

    12The wrath of a king `is' a growl as of a young lion, And as dew on the herb his good-will.

  • Prov 25:14
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    14Clouds and wind, and rain there is none, `Is' a man boasting himself in a false gift.

  • Ps 55:21
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    21Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart `is' war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they `are' drawn `swords'.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the mouth of a fool `is' a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.

  • Prov 25:23
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    23A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue -- indignant faces.

  • Prov 28:2
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    2By the transgression of a land many `are' its heads. And by an intelligent man, Who knoweth right -- it is prolonged.

  • Prov 17:27
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    27One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper `is' a man of understanding.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

  • Prov 28:23
    69%

    23Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.

  • Prov 29:20-22
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    69%

    20Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him.

    21Whoso is bringing up his servant delicately, from youth, `At' his latter end also he is continuator.

    22An angry man stirreth up contention, And a furious man is multiplying transgression.

  • Prov 21:14
    69%

    14A gift in secret pacifieth anger, And a bribe in the bosom strong fury.

  • Prov 10:19
    69%

    19In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips `is' wise.

  • Prov 12:18
    68%

    18A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

  • Prov 17:7
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    7Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood.

  • Prov 25:11-12
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    11Apples of gold in imagery of silver, `Is' the word spoken at its fit times.

    12A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, `Is' the wise reprover to an attentive ear.

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    68%

    16A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days.

  • Job 6:25
    68%

    25How powerful have been upright sayings, And what doth reproof from you reprove?

  • Prov 10:13
    68%

    13In the lips of the intelligent is wisdom found, And a rod `is' for the back of him who is lacking understanding.

  • Prov 10:31
    68%

    31The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And the tongue of frowardness is cut out.

  • Prov 7:21
    68%

    21She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.

  • Prov 13:2
    67%

    2From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous -- violence.

  • Prov 16:21
    67%

    21To the wise in heart is called, `Intelligent,' And sweetness of lips increaseth learning.

  • Prov 17:20
    67%

    20The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.

  • Prov 15:23
    67%

    23Joy `is' to a man in the answer of his mouth, And a word in its season -- how good!

  • Prov 22:18
    67%

    18For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.

  • Prov 12:25
    67%

    25Sorrow in the heart of a man boweth down, And a good word maketh him glad.

  • Prov 31:26
    67%

    26Her mouth she hath opened in wisdom, And the law of kindness `is' on her tongue.

  • Prov 13:15
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    15Good understanding giveth grace, And the way of the treacherous `is' hard.

  • Prov 30:32
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    32If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil -- hand to mouth!