15 (A)By long forbearance a ruler is persuaded,
And a gentle tongue breaks a bone.

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15 Through [a](A)patience a ruler may be persuaded,
And a gentle tongue breaks bone.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:15 Lit length of anger

15 
By patience and a calm spirit a ruler may be persuaded,
And a soft and gentle tongue breaks the bone [of resistance].(A)

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15 Through patience a ruler can be persuaded,(A)
    and a gentle tongue can break a bone.(B)

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15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

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