Proverbs 15:1 (KJV)
“A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.”
Proverbs 15:1 is verse of the day number 301 of 366 on Lampfold, under the theme “A soft answer”. It comes from Proverbs 15, and 10 other passages connected to it are listed below.
Proverbs 15:1 in other translations
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Proverbs 15:1 in context
Proverbs 15:1–4 (KJV). The verse of the day is highlighted.
1A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
2The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
3The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
4A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Cross-references for Proverbs 15:1
Passages most often linked to Proverbs 15:1, strongest connections first.
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply. And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him; And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat. …
And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master. Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be? So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings. …
And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me? Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites. And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; …
Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good. So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall. And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, …
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