Focused Passage

Proverbs 25:15

Wisdom Before Kings: Hidden Matters, Fitting Words, Faithful Messengers, Enemies, Restraint, and Self-Control

The chapter moves from the historical introduction and royal wisdom, to humility and restraint before kings, to disputes and fitting speech, to faithful and unfaithful communication, to patience and neighborly limits, to mercy toward enemies, and finally to warnings about slander, quarrels, compromise, excess, and the necessity of self-control.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

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

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Verse 15

Original words

Through patience בְּאֹ֣רֶךְ H753 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct . . . אַ֭פַּיִם H639 Noun - md a ruler קָצִ֑ין H7101 Noun - masculine singular can be persuaded יְפֻתֶּ֣ה H6601 Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular and a gentle רַ֝כָּ֗ה H7390 Adjective - feminine singular tongue וְלָשׁ֥וֹן H3956 Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular can break תִּשְׁבָּר־ H7665 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular a bone גָּֽרֶם׃ H1634 Noun - masculine singular

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