Proverbs 15:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 25:15 : 15 A judge is moved by one who for a long time undergoes wrongs without protest, and by a soft tongue even bone is broken.
  • Prov 29:22 : 22 An angry man is the cause of fighting, and a man given to wrath does much wrong.
  • Prov 15:18 : 18 An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.
  • 1 Sam 25:21-33 : 21 Now David had said, What was the use of my taking care of this man's goods in the waste land, so that there was no loss of anything which was his? he has only given me back evil for good. 22 May God's punishment be on David, if when morning comes there is so much as one male of his people still living. 23 And when Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her ass, falling down on her face before him. 24 And falling at his feet she said, May the wrong be on me, my lord, on me: let your servant say a word to you, and give ear to the words of your servant. 25 Let my lord give no attention to Nabal, that good-for-nothing: for as his name is, so is he, a man without sense: but I, your servant, did not see the young men whom my lord sent. 26 So now, my lord, by the living God and by your living soul, seeing that the Lord has kept you from the crime of blood and from taking into your hands the punishment for your wrongs, may all your haters, and those who would do evil to my lord, be like Nabal. 27 And let this offering, which your servant gives to my lord, be given to the young men who are with my lord. 28 And may the sin of your servant have forgiveness: for the Lord will certainly make your family strong, because my lord is fighting in the Lord's war; and no evil will be seen in you all your days. 29 And though a man has taken up arms against you, putting your life in danger, still the soul of my lord will be kept safe among the band of the living with the Lord your God; and the souls of those who are against you he will send violently away from him, like stones from a bag. 30 And when the Lord has done for my lord all those good things which he has said he will do for you, and has made you a ruler over Israel; 31 Then you will have no cause for grief, and my lord's heart will not be troubled because you have taken life without cause and have yourself given punishment for your wrongs: and when the Lord has been good to you, then give a thought to your servant. 32 And David said to Abigail, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised, who sent you to me today: 33 A blessing on your good sense and on you, who have kept me today from the crime of blood and from taking into my hands the punishment for my wrongs.
  • 1 Kgs 12:13-16 : 13 And the king gave them a rough answer, giving no attention to the suggestion of the old men; 14 But giving them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes. 15 So the king did not give ear to the people; and this came about by the purpose of the Lord, so that what he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, son of Nebat, might be effected. 16 And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? to your tents, O Israel; now see to your people, David. So Israel went away to their tents.
  • Prov 10:12 : 12 Hate is a cause of violent acts, but all errors are covered up by love.
  • Judg 8:1-3 : 1 And the men of Ephraim came and said to him, Why did you not send for us when you went to war against Midian? And they said sharp and angry words to him. 2 And he said to them, What have I done in comparison with you? Is not that which Ephraim took up after the grape-cutting better than all the grapes which Abiezer got in from the grape-cutting? 3 God has given into your hands the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you? And when he said this, their feeling about him became kinder.
  • Prov 28:25 : 25 He who is ever desiring profit is a cause of fighting; but he who puts his faith in the Lord will be made fat.
  • Judg 12:3-6 : 3 So when I saw that there was no help to be had from you, I put my life in my hand and went over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord gave them into my hands: why then have you come up to me this day to make war on me? 4 Then Jephthah got together all the men of Gilead and made war on Ephraim; and the men of Gilead overcame Ephraim. 5 And the Gileadites took the crossing-places of Jordan against the Ephraimites; and when any of the men of Ephraim who had gone in flight said, let me go over; the men of Gilead said to him, Are you an Ephraimite? And if he said, No; 6 Then they said to him, Now say Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth, and was not able to say it in the right way; then they took him and put him to death at the crossing-places of Jordan; and at that time forty-two thousand Ephraimites were put to death.
  • 1 Sam 25:10-13 : 10 And Nabal gave them his answer and said, Who is David? who is the son of Jesse? there are a number of servants in these days running away from their masters. 11 Am I to take my bread and my wine and the meat I have got ready for my wool-cutters and give it to men coming from I have no idea where? 12 So David's young men, turning away, went back and gave him an account of everything he had said. 13 And David said to his men, Put on your swords, every one of you. And every man put on his sword; and David did the same; and about four hundred men went up with David, and two hundred kept watch over their goods.

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    2Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

  • Prov 14:29
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  • Prov 21:14
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    14By a secret offering wrath is turned away, and the heat of angry feelings by money in the folds of the robe.

  • Prov 29:22
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    19You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;

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  • Prov 14:16-17
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  • Prov 17:14
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    14The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.

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  • Prov 15:4-5
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  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

  • Prov 26:4-5
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  • Ps 37:8
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    8Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.

  • Prov 16:32
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    32He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.

  • Eccl 10:4
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    4If the wrath of the ruler is against you, keep in your place; in him who keeps quiet even great sins may be overlooked.

  • Prov 17:27
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    27He who has knowledge says little: and he who has a calm spirit is a man of good sense.

  • Prov 15:23
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    23A man has joy in the answer of his mouth: and a word at the right time, how good it is!

  • Prov 12:16
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    16A foolish man lets his trouble be openly seen, but a sharp man keeps shame secret.

  • Prov 19:11
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    11A man's good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A foolish man lets out all his wrath, but a wise man keeps it back quietly.

  • Prov 29:8
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    8Men of pride are the cause of violent acts in a town, but by wise men wrath is turned away.

  • Prov 18:6
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    6A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.

  • Prov 10:19
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    26Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on your wrath;

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  • Prov 20:2-3
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  • Eccl 10:12
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    12The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.

  • Prov 22:24
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    24Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man:

  • Prov 19:25
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    25When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.

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    15Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.

  • Prov 15:7
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    7The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.

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