Verse 15

By long{H753} forbearing{H639} is a ruler{H7101} persuaded,{H6601} And a soft{H7390} tongue{H3956} breaketh{H7665} the bone.{H1634}

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:1 : 1 A soft{H7390} answer{H4617} turneth{H7725} away wrath;{H2534} But a grievous{H6089} word{H1697} stirreth up{H5927} anger.{H639}
  • Eccl 10:4 : 4 If the spirit{H7307} of the ruler{H4910} rise up{H5927} against thee, leave{H3240} not thy place;{H4725} for gentleness{H4832} allayeth{H3240} great{H1419} offences.{H2399}
  • Prov 16:14 : 14 The wrath{H2534} of a king{H4428} is [as] messengers{H4397} of death;{H4194} But a wise{H2450} man{H376} will pacify{H3722} it.
  • Gen 32:4-9 : 4 And he commanded{H6680} them, saying,{H559} Thus shall ye say{H559} unto my lord{H113} Esau:{H6215} Thus saith{H559} thy servant{H5650} Jacob,{H3290} I have sojourned{H1481} with Laban,{H3837} and stayed{H309} until now: 5 and I have oxen,{H7794} and asses,{H2543} [and] flocks,{H6629} and men-servants,{H5650} and maid-servants:{H8198} and I have sent{H7971} to tell{H5046} my lord,{H113} that I may find{H4672} favor{H2580} in thy sight.{H5869} 6 And the messengers{H4397} returned{H7725} to Jacob,{H3290} saying,{H559} We came{H935} to thy brother{H251} Esau,{H6215} and moreover he cometh{H1980} to meet thee,{H7125} and four hundred{H3967} men{H376} with him. 7 Then Jacob{H3290} was greatly{H3966} afraid{H3372} and was distressed:{H3334} and he divided{H2673} the people{H5971} that were with him, and the flocks,{H6629} and the herds,{H1241} and the camels,{H1581} into two{H8147} companies;{H4264} 8 and he said,{H559} If Esau{H6215} come{H935} to the one{H259} company,{H4264} and smite it,{H5221} then the company{H4264} which is left{H7604} shall escape.{H6413} 9 And Jacob{H3290} said,{H559} O God{H430} of my father{H1} Abraham,{H85} and God{H430} of my father{H1} Isaac,{H3327} O Jehovah,{H3068} who saidst{H559} unto me, Return{H7725} unto thy country,{H776} and to thy kindred,{H4138} and I will do thee good:{H3190} 10 I am not worthy of the least{H6994} of all the lovingkindnesses,{H2617} and of all the truth,{H571} which thou hast showed{H6213} unto thy servant;{H5650} for with my staff{H4731} I passed over{H5674} this Jordan;{H3383} and now I am become two{H8147} companies.{H4264} 11 Deliver me,{H5337} I pray thee, from the hand{H3027} of my brother,{H251} from the hand{H3027} of Esau:{H6215} for I fear{H3373} him, lest he come{H935} and smite me,{H5221} the mother{H517} with{H5921} the children.{H1121} 12 And thou saidst,{H559} I will surely{H3190} do thee good,{H3190} and make{H7760} thy seed{H2233} as the sand{H2344} of the sea,{H3220} which cannot be numbered{H5608} for multitude.{H7230} 13 And he lodged{H3885} there that night,{H3915} and took{H3947} of that which he had{H935} with him{H3027} a present{H4503} for Esau{H6215} his brother:{H251} 14 two hundred{H3967} she-goats{H5795} and twenty{H6242} he-goats,{H8495} two hundred{H3967} ewes{H7353} and twenty{H6242} rams,{H352} 15 thirty{H7970} milch{H3243} camels{H1581} and their colts,{H1121} forty{H705} cows{H6510} and ten{H6235} bulls,{H6499} twenty{H6242} she-asses{H860} and ten{H6235} foals.{H5895} 16 And he delivered{H5414} them into the hand{H3027} of his servants,{H5650} every drove{H5739} by itself, and said{H559} unto his servants,{H5650} Pass over{H5674} before me,{H6440} and put{H7760} a space{H7305} betwixt{H996} drove{H5739} and{H996} drove.{H5739} 17 And he commanded{H6680} the foremost,{H7223} saying,{H559} When Esau{H6215} my brother{H251} meeteth thee,{H6298} and asketh thee,{H7592} saying,{H559} Whose art thou? and whither goest{H3212} thou? and whose are these before{H6440} thee? 18 then thou shalt say,{H559} [They are] thy servant{H5650} Jacob's;{H3290} it is a present{H4503} sent{H7971} unto my lord{H113} Esau:{H6215} and, behold, he also is behind us.{H310} 19 And he{H6680} commanded also{H1571} the second,{H8145} and the third,{H7992} and all that followed{H1980} the droves,{H5739} saying,{H559} On this manner{H1697} shall ye speak{H1696} unto Esau,{H6215} when ye find{H4672} him; 20 and ye{H559} shall say, Moreover,{H1571} behold, thy servant{H5650} Jacob{H3290} is behind us.{H310} For he said,{H559} I will appease{H3722} him{H6440} with the present{H4503} that goeth{H1980} before me,{H6440} and afterward{H310} I will see{H7200} his face;{H6440} peradventure he will accept{H5375} me.{H6440} 21 So{H5674} the present{H4503} passed over{H5674} before him:{H6440} and he himself lodged{H3885} that night{H3915} in the company.{H4264}
  • 1 Sam 25:14 : 14 But one{H259} of the young men{H5288} told{H5046} Abigail,{H26} Nabal's{H5037} wife,{H802} saying,{H559} Behold, David{H1732} sent{H7971} messengers{H4397} out of the wilderness{H4057} to salute{H1288} our master;{H113} and he railed{H5860} at them.
  • 1 Sam 25:24-44 : 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} 34 For in very deed,{H199} as Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} liveth,{H2416} who hath withholden{H4513} me from hurting{H7489} thee, except{H3884} thou hadst hasted{H4116} and come{H935} to meet{H7125} me, surely there had not been left{H3498} unto Nabal{H5037} by the morning{H1242} light{H216} so much as one {H8366} man-child.{H7023} 35 So David{H1732} received{H3947} of her hand{H3027} that which she had brought{H935} him: and he said{H559} unto her, Go up{H5927} in peace{H7965} to thy house;{H1004} see,{H7200} I have hearkened{H8085} to thy voice,{H6963} and have accepted{H5375} thy person.{H6440} 36 And Abigail{H26} came{H935} to Nabal;{H5037} and, behold, he held a feast{H4960} in his house,{H1004} like the feast{H4960} of a king;{H4428} and Nabal's{H5037} heart{H3820} was merry{H2896} within him, for he was very{H3966} drunken:{H7910} wherefore she told{H5046} him nothing,{H1697} less{H6996} or more,{H1419} until the morning{H1242} light.{H216} 37 And it came to pass in the morning,{H1242} when the wine{H3196} was gone out{H3318} of Nabal,{H5037} that his wife{H802} told{H5046} him these things,{H1697} and his heart{H3820} died{H4191} within{H7130} him, and he became as a stone.{H68} 38 And it came to pass about ten{H6235} days{H3117} after, that Jehovah{H3068} smote{H5062} Nabal,{H5037} so that he died.{H4191} 39 And when David{H1732} heard{H8085} that Nabal{H5037} was dead,{H4191} he said,{H559} Blessed{H1288} be Jehovah,{H3068} that hath pleaded{H7378} the cause{H7379} of my reproach{H2781} from the hand{H3027} of Nabal,{H5037} and hath kept{H2820} back his servant{H5650} from evil:{H7451} and the evil-doing{H7451} of Nabal{H5037} hath Jehovah{H3068} returned{H7725} upon his own head.{H7218} And David{H1732} sent{H7971} and spake{H1696} concerning Abigail,{H26} to take{H3947} her to him to wife.{H802} 40 And when the servants{H5650} of David{H1732} were come{H935} to Abigail{H26} to Carmel,{H3760} they spake{H1696} unto her, saying,{H559} David{H1732} hath sent{H7971} us unto thee, to take{H3947} thee to him to wife.{H802} 41 And she arose,{H6965} and bowed{H7812} herself with her face{H639} to the earth,{H776} and said,{H559} Behold, thy handmaid{H519} is a servant{H8198} to wash{H7364} the feet{H7272} of the servants{H8198} of my lord.{H113} 42 And Abigail{H26} hasted,{H4116} and arose,{H6965} and rode{H7392} upon an ass,{H2543} with five{H2568} damsels{H5291} of hers that{H1980} followed{H7272} her; and she went{H1980} after{H7272} the messengers{H4397} of David,{H1732} and became his wife.{H802} 43 David{H1732} also took{H3947} Ahinoam{H293} of Jezreel;{H3157} and they became both{H8147} of them his wives.{H802} 44 Now Saul{H7586} had given{H5414} Michal{H4324} his daughter,{H1323} David's{H1732} wife,{H802} to Palti{H6406} the son{H1121} of Laish,{H3919} who was of Gallim.{H1554}