Proverbs 15:1

25:15; Jud 8:1-3; 1Sa 25:21-33

grievous

18; 10:12; 28:25; 29:22; Jud 12:3-6; 1Sa 25:10,11,21,22; 2Sa 19:43

1Ki 12:13-16

Proverbs 16:32

that is.

14:29; 15:18; 19:11; Ps 103:8; Eph 5:1; Jas 1:19

and he.

19; 25:28; Ro 12:21; Re 3:21

Proverbs 25:11

word.

15:23; 24:26; Ec 12:10; Isa 50:4

fitly spoken. Heb. spoken upon his wheels. is like.Rather "is like golden apples ({tappuchim,} in Arabic, {tuffach,}) in baskets ({maskeeyoth,} in Arabic, {shakeekat,}) of silver." A word spoken with propriety, opportunely, and suitably to the occasion, is as much in its place, and as conspicuously beautiful, as the golden fruit which appears through the apertures of an exquisitely wrought silver basket.

Proverbs 25:15

long.

15:1; 16:14; Ge 32:4-21; 1Sa 25:14,24-44; Ec 10:4

the bone.Rather, "a bone;" that is, soft and conciliating language will often accomplish the most difficult things.
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