Albert Barnes Commentary Proverbs 25:15
Albert Barnes Commentary
Proverbs 25:15
1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes Commentary
Proverbs 25:15
1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE
"By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone." — Proverbs 25:15 (ASV)
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.