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Chapter 15

[a]A mild answer turns back wrath,(A)
    but a harsh word stirs up anger.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 15:1–7 These verses form a section beginning and ending with the topic of words.
  2. 15:1 Paradoxically, where words are concerned soft is powerful and hard is ineffective.

15 A gentle answer(A) turns away wrath,(B)
    but a harsh word stirs up anger.

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A soothing tongue is a tree of life,
    but a perverse one breaks the spirit.

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The soothing tongue(A) is a tree of life,(B)
    but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.(C)

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