15Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
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.
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Verse 15
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Through patienceבְּאֹ֣רֶךְH753Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct. . .אַ֭פַּיִםH639Noun - mda rulerקָצִ֑יןH7101Noun - masculine singularcan be persuadedיְפֻתֶּ֣הH6601Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singularand a gentleרַ֝כָּ֗הH7390Adjective - feminine singulartongueוְלָשׁ֥וֹןH3956Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singularcan breakתִּשְׁבָּר־H7665Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singulara boneגָּֽרֶם׃H1634Noun - masculine singular