Verse 1

A soft{H7390} answer{H4617} turneth{H7725} away wrath;{H2534} But a grievous{H6089} word{H1697} stirreth up{H5927} anger.{H639}

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 25:15 : 15 By long{H753} forbearing{H639} is a ruler{H7101} persuaded,{H6601} And a soft{H7390} tongue{H3956} breaketh{H7665} the bone.{H1634}
  • Prov 29:22 : 22 An angry{H639} man{H376} stirreth up{H1624} strife,{H4066} And a wrathful{H2534} man{H1167} aboundeth in{H7227} transgression.{H6588}
  • Prov 15:18 : 18 A wrathful{H2534} man{H376} stirreth up{H1624} contention;{H4066} But he that is slow{H750} to anger{H639} appeaseth{H8252} strife.{H7379}
  • 1 Sam 25:21-33 : 21 Now David{H1732} had said,{H559} Surely in vain{H8267} have I kept{H8104} all that this{H2088} fellow hath in the wilderness,{H4057} so that nothing{H3972} was missed{H6485} of all that pertained unto him: and he hath returned{H7725} me evil{H7451} for good.{H2896} 22 God{H430} do{H6213} so{H3541} unto the enemies{H341} of David,{H1732} and more{H3254} also, if I leave{H7604} of all that pertain to him by{H5704} the morning{H1242} light{H216} so much as one {H8366} man-child.{H7023} 23 And when Abigail{H26} saw{H7200} David,{H1732} she hasted,{H4116} and alighted{H3381} from her ass,{H2543} and fell{H5307} before{H639} David{H1732} on her face,{H6440} and bowed{H7812} herself to the ground.{H776} 24 And she fell{H5307} at his feet,{H7272} and said,{H559} Upon me, my lord,{H113} upon me be the iniquity;{H5771} and let thy handmaid,{H519} I pray thee, speak{H1696} in thine ears,{H241} and hear{H8085} thou the words{H1697} of thy handmaid.{H589} 25 Let{H7760} not my lord,{H113} I pray thee, regard{H3820} this worthless{H1100} fellow,{H376} 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 thy handmaid{H519} saw{H7200} not the young men{H5288} of my lord,{H113} whom thou didst send.{H7971} 26 Now therefore, my lord,{H113} as Jehovah{H3068} liveth,{H2416} and as thy soul{H5315} liveth,{H2416} seeing Jehovah{H3068} hath withholden{H4513} thee from{H935} bloodguiltiness,{H1818} and from avenging{H3467} thyself with thine own hand,{H3027} now therefore let thine enemies,{H341} and them that seek{H1245} evil{H7451} to my lord,{H113} be as Nabal.{H5037} 27 And now this present{H1293} which thy servant{H8198} hath brought{H935} unto my lord,{H113} let it be given{H5414} unto the young men{H5288} that follow{H1980} my lord.{H113} 28 Forgive,{H5375} I pray thee, the trespass{H6588} of thy handmaid:{H519} for Jehovah{H3068} will certainly{H6213} make{H6213} my lord{H3068} a sure{H539} house,{H1004} because my lord{H113} fighteth{H3898} the battles{H4421} of Jehovah;{H113} and evil{H7451} shall not be found{H4672} in thee all thy days.{H3117} 29 And though men{H120} be risen{H6965} up to pursue{H7291} thee, and to seek{H1245} thy soul,{H5315} yet the soul{H5315} of my lord{H113} shall be bound{H6887} in the bundle{H6872} of life{H2416} with Jehovah{H3068} thy God;{H430} and the souls{H5315} of thine enemies,{H341} them shall he sling out,{H7049} as from the hollow{H8432} of a sling.{H7050} 30 And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah{H3068} shall have done{H6213} to my lord{H3068} according to all the good{H2896} that he hath spoken{H1696} concerning thee, and shall have appointed{H6680} thee prince{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} blood{H1818} without cause,{H2600} or that my lord{H113} hath avenged{H3467} himself. And when Jehovah{H3068} shall have dealt well{H3190} with my lord,{H113} then remember{H2142} thy handmaid.{H519} 32 And David{H1732} said{H559} to Abigail,{H26} Blessed{H1288} be Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} who sent{H7971} thee this day{H3117} to meet{H7125} me: 33 and blessed{H1288} be thy discretion,{H2940} and blessed{H1288} be thou, that hast kept{H3607} me this day{H3117} from{H935} bloodguiltiness,{H1818} and from avenging{H3467} myself with mine own hand.{H3027}
  • 1 Kgs 12:13-16 : 13 And the king{H4428} answered{H6030} the people{H5971} roughly,{H7186} and forsook{H5800} the counsel{H6098} of the old men{H2205} which they had given{H3289} him, 14 and spake{H1696} to them after the counsel{H6098} of the young men,{H3206} saying,{H559} My father{H1} made{H3513} your yoke{H5923} heavy,{H3513} but I will add{H3254} to your yoke:{H5923} my father{H1} chastised{H3256} you with whips,{H7752} but I will chastise{H3256} you with scorpions.{H6137} 15 So the king{H4428} hearkened{H8085} not unto the people;{H5971} for it was{H5438} a thing brought about of Jehovah,{H3068} that he might establish{H6965} his word,{H1697} which Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} by{H3027} Ahijah{H281} the Shilonite{H7888} to Jeroboam{H3379} the son{H1121} of Nebat.{H5028} 16 And{H7725} when all Israel{H3478} saw{H7200} that the king{H4428} hearkened{H8085} not unto them, the people{H5971} answered{H1697} the king,{H4428} saying,{H559} 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} to thine own house,{H1004} David.{H1732} So Israel{H3478} departed{H3212} unto their tents.{H168}
  • Prov 10:12 : 12 Hatred{H8135} stirreth up{H5782} strifes;{H4090} But love{H160} covereth{H3680} all transgressions.{H6588}
  • Judg 8:1-3 : 1 And the men{H376} of Ephraim{H669} said{H559} unto him, Why hast thou{H4100} served{H6213} us thus,{H1697} that thou calledst{H7121} us not, when thou wentest{H1980} to fight{H3898} with Midian?{H4080} And they did chide{H7378} with him sharply.{H2394} 2 And he said{H559} unto them, What have I now done{H6213} in comparison with 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} into your hand{H3027} the princes{H8269} of Midian,{H4080} Oreb{H6159} and Zeeb:{H2062} and what was I able{H3201} to do{H6213} in comparison with you? Then their anger{H7307} was abated{H7503} toward him, when he had said{H1697} that.{H1696}
  • Prov 28:25 : 25 He that is of a greedy{H7342} spirit{H5315} stirreth up{H1624} strife;{H4066} But he that putteth his trust{H982} in Jehovah{H3068} shall be made fat.{H1878}
  • Judg 12:3-6 : 3 And when I saw{H7200} that ye saved{H3467} me not, I put{H7760} my life{H5315} in my hand,{H3709} and passed over{H5674} against the children{H1121} of Ammon,{H5983} and Jehovah{H3068} delivered{H5414} them into my hand:{H3027} wherefore then are ye come up{H5927} unto me this day,{H3117} to fight{H3898} against me? 4 Then Jephthah{H3316} gathered together{H6908} all the men{H582} of Gilead,{H1568} and fought{H3898} with Ephraim;{H669} and the men{H582} of Gilead{H1568} smote{H5221} Ephraim,{H669} because they said,{H559} Ye are fugitives{H6412} of Ephraim,{H669} ye Gileadites,{H1568} in the midst{H8432} of Ephraim,{H669} [and] in the midst{H8432} of Manasseh.{H4519} 5 And the Gileadites{H1568} took{H3920} the fords{H4569} of the Jordan{H3383} against the Ephraimites.{H669} And it was so, that, when [any of] the fugitives{H6412} of Ephraim{H669} said,{H559} Let me go over,{H5674} the men{H582} of Gilead{H1568} said{H559} unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite?{H673} If he said,{H559} Nay; 6 then said{H559} they unto him, Say{H559} now Shibboleth;{H7641} and he said{H559} Sibboleth;{H5451} for he could not frame{H3559} to pronounce{H1696} it right:{H3559} then they laid{H270} hold on him, and slew{H7819} him at the fords{H4569} of the Jordan.{H3383} And there fell{H5307} at that time{H6256} of Ephraim{H669} forty{H705} and two{H8147} thousand.{H505}
  • 1 Sam 25:10-13 : 10 And Nabal{H5037} answered{H6030} David's{H1732} servants,{H5650} and said,{H559} Who is David?{H1732} and who is the son{H1121} of Jesse?{H3448} there are many{H7231} servants{H5650} now-a-days{H3117} that break away{H6555} every man{H376} from{H6440} his master.{H113} 11 Shall I then take{H3947} my bread,{H3899} and my water,{H4325} and my flesh{H2878} that I have killed{H2873} for my shearers,{H1494} and give{H5414} it unto men{H582} of whom I know{H3045} not whence they are? 12 So David's{H1732} young men{H5288} turned{H2015} on their way,{H1870} and went back,{H7725} and came{H935} and told{H5046} him according to all these words.{H1697} 13 And David{H1732} said{H559} unto his men,{H582} Gird ye on{H2296} every man{H376} his sword.{H2719} And they girded on{H2296} every man{H376} his sword;{H2719} and David{H1732} also girded on{H2296} his sword:{H2719} and there went up{H5927} after{H310} David{H1732} about four{H702} hundred{H3967} men;{H376} and two hundred{H3967} abode{H3427} by the baggage.{H3627}