Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

General references

Bible References

Soft

Proverbs 25:15
By long-suffering a ruler is persuaded, and a soft tongue breaks the bone.
Judges 8:1
And the men of Ephraim said to him, Why have thou done thus to us, that thou did not call us when thou went to fight with Midian? And they chided with him sharply.
1 Samuel 25:21
Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him, and he has returned me evil for good.

Grievous pr 15

1 Samuel 10:12
And a man from the same place answered and said, And who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
1 Samuel 28:25
And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants, and they ate. Then they rose up, and went away that night.
Judges 12:3
And when I saw that ye did not save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed opposite the sons of Ammon, and LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have ye come up to me this day, to fight against me?
1 Samuel 25:10
And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants now-a-days who break away every man from his master.
2 Samuel 19:43
And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more [right] in David than ye. Why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be had first in bringing back our king
1 Kings 12:13
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

General references

1 Samuel 17:29
And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
Job 41:3
Will he make many supplications to thee? Or will he speak soft words to thee?
Acts 11:4
But when Peter began, he expounded to them in order, saying,