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Verse Proverbs 25:15. _A SOFT TONGUE BREAKETH THE BONE._] This is
similar to another proverb on the same subject: "A soft answer turneth
away wrath." An _angry_ word does nothing but _mischief_....
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A SOFT TONGUE - Winning and gentle speech does what it seems at first
least capable of doing; it overcomes obstacles which are as bones that
the strongest jaws would fail to crush....
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IV. THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON COLLECTED BY THE MEN OF HEZEKIAH
CHAPTER 25
Here begin the proverbs which the good king Hezekiah, under the
guidance of the Spirit of God, added to this book. “This title...
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FIRST DIVISION. In general character this division shows a resemblance
to the Sayings of the Wise, containing a number of quatrains and
synthetic couplets, and but few antithetic couplets.
PROVERBS...
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PRINCE: or judge, persuaded. Compare Genesis 26:13.
TONGUE. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for what is
spoken by it.
BREAKETH THE BONE: i.e. overcometh obstinacy....
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We have an illustration of this proverb in the effect of the "long
forbearing" of David during his persecution by Saul, and of his "soft
tongue" at Engedi (1 Samuel 24), and in the wilderness of Ziph...
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TEXT Proverbs 25:11-19
11.
A word fitly spoken
Is like applies of gold in network of silver.
12.
As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold,
So is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear....
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COURTS. QUARRELS
1-7. relate to kings and courts....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 25
MORE OF SOLOMON’S PROVERBS (WISE WORDS)
(PROVERBS 25:1 TO PROVERBS 29:27)...
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A patient person can achieve great things. His gentle words may not
seem as impressive as other people’s words. But the patient person
will continue until he succeeds. And, in the end, his gentle word...
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בְּ אֹ֣רֶךְ אַ֭פַּיִם יְפֻתֶּ֣ה
קָצִ֑ין וְ לָ
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CHAPTER 26
THE KING
"It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is
to search out a matter. The heaven for height and the earth for depth,
and the heart of kings is unsearchable...
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SELF-CONTROL AND KINDLINESS
Proverbs 25:15-28
In this paragraph we have good advice as to our dealings with the
varied characters with whom we are forced into daily contact. Here is
a man hard as a b...
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We now come to the second collection of the proverbs of Solomon.
These, as the title specifically declares, constitute a posthumous
collection gathered in the days of Hezekiah. Speaking generally, the...
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By long (l) forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue
breaketh the (m) bone.
(l) By not creating opportunity to provoke him further.
(m) That is, the heart that is bent to anger, as in (Pr...
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_Hardness. Hebrew and Septuagint, "bones." (Haydock)_...
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Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without
rain. By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue
breaketh the bone. Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is suf...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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BY LONG FORBEARING IS A PRINCE PERSUADED,.... To come into measures,
and do that which his council and ministry advise him to, and to which
he may seem at first very averse; but by a mild and gentle
r...
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By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh
the bone.
Ver. 15. _By long forbearing is a prince persuaded._] If he be not
over hasty, his wrath may be appeased, and his mind a...
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_By long forbearing is a prince persuaded_ That is, by patient
submission and expectation he is pacified, whereas his rage is
increased by opposition. _And a soft tongue breaketh the bone_ A mild
and...
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By long forbearing is a prince, that is, a judge sitting in a case,
PERSUADED, a persistent, gentle patience very often succeeding in
gaining its point, AND A SOFT TONGUE BREAKETH THE BONE, wearing do...
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TRUE WISDOM THE HIGHEST GOOD OF KINGS AND SUBJECTS....
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In This CHAPTER, forming the first section, necessarily affirms the
basic principles of true unity, which is absolutely essential to
recovery. For departure is the very breeding-ground of division, -...
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BY LONG FORBEARING, by patient submission and expectation, IS A PRINCE
PERSUADED, or _pacified_, whereas his rage is increased by opposition.
Compare ECCLESIASTES 10:4. A SOFT TONGUE, a mild and humbl...
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Proverbs 25:15 long H753 forbearance H639 ruler H7101 persuaded H6601
(H8792) gentle H7390 tongue H3956 breaks H7665
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hezekiah.
CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson, Proverbs 25:21; Proverbs 25:22.) The
way to turn an enemy into a friend is to act friendly towa...
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Proverbs 25:1. _These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of
Hezekiah copied out._ Solomon wrote three thousand proverbs, and a
thousand and five songs. 1 Kings 4:32. The supplement to the boo...
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_By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh
the bone._
THE POWER OF GENTLENESS
In the government of our words, mildness, or meekness, is specially
commendable. The right dis...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:1 Hezekiah’s Collection of Solomonic
Proverbs 1:1. The present form of the book of...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 25:15. PRINCE. Rather “_Judge_”
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 25:15_
FORBEARANCE AND PERSUASIVENESS
I. PATIENCE WITHOUT SPEECH IS AN OVERCOMING POWER. The strongest smith
w...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 1-29:27
PART VI. SECOND GREAT COLLECTION OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS, gathered by
"the men of Hezekiah," in which wisdom is set forth as the greatest
blessing to the king and his subjects...
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Now in chapter 25. These proverbs were gathered by Hezekiah when he
became king, and they were added to the books of proverbs by
Hezekiah's scribes. During the period of Hezekiah's reign, it was a
per...
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1 Samuel 25:14; 1 Samuel 25:24; Ecclesiastes 10:4; Genesis 32:4;...
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Forbearing — By patient submission and expectation. Breaketh —
Softens the hardest heart....