Catholic Public Domain Version
"By patience, a leader shall be appeased, and a soft tongue shall break hardness. "
— Proverbs 25:15, Catholic Public Domain Version
“By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.”
“By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone. ”
“By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.”
“Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a soft tongue can break a bone.”
“By patience a prince shall be appeased, and a soft tongue shall break hardness.”
“A judge is moved by one who for a long time undergoes wrongs without protest, and by a soft tongue even bone is broken.”
“By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.”
Whoever reproves the wise and obedient ear is like an earring of gold with a shining pearl.
Just like the cold of snow in a time of harvest, so also is a faithful messenger to him who sent him: he causes his soul to rest.
A man who boasts and does not fulfill his promises is like clouds and wind, when rain does not follow.
By patience, a leader shall be appeased, and a soft tongue shall break hardness.
You have discovered honey; eat what is sufficient for you, lest perhaps, being filled up, you may vomit it.
Withdraw your feet from the house of your neighbor, lest, when he has had his fill, he may hate you.
A man who speaks false testimony against his neighbor is like a dart and a sword and a sharp arrow.