Proverbs 25:15

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

With slowness of anger a ruler may be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.

Latin

Patientia lenietur princeps, et lingua mollis confringet duritiam.

Hebrew

English

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

Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
Proverbs 16:14
The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
1 Samuel 25:14
Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s young men informed Nabal’s wife Abigail, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he screamed at them.
Genesis 32:4–21
He instructed them, “You are to say to my master Esau, ‘Your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban and have remained there until now.
1 Samuel 25:24–44
She fell at his feet and said, “My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant.