8 Bible Verses about Gentle Words
Most Relevant Verses
A soft answer will turn away wrath, but a word of trouble will stir {anger}.
Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it [causes] a break in spirit.
Will it make numerous pleas for mercy to you? Or will it speak gentle words to you?
{With patience} a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone.
And his soul clung to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke {tenderly} to the girl.
Therefore, Look! I [am] going to allure her and bring her [into] the desert, and {I will speak tenderly to her}.
Then the captain went with the officers [and] brought them, not with force (for they were afraid of the people, lest they be stoned [by them]).
Domestic slaves, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to those [who are] good and gentle, but also to those [who are] unjust.
