Proverbs 15:1
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Anger Angry Bitter Cause Feelings Fury Gentle Grievous Harsh Raiseth Soft Stir Stirreth Stirs Turned Turneth Turns Word Words Wrath
Parallel Verses
English Standard Version
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

New American Standard Bible
A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A gentle answer turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

International Standard Version
A gentle response diverts anger, but a harsh statement incites fury.

NET Bible
A gentle response turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
A soft word turns away anger and a hard word arouses wrath.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A gentle answer turns away rage, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

King James 2000 Bible
A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

American King James Version
A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

American Standard Version
A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

Douay-Rheims Bible
A mild answer breaketh wrath: but a harsh word stirreth up fury.

Darby Bible Translation
A soft answer turneth away fury; but a grievous word stirreth up anger.

English Revised Version
A SOFT answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous word stirreth up anger.

Webster's Bible Translation
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

World English Bible
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Young's Literal Translation
A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.
Lexicon
A soft
rak  (rak)
tender; by implication, weak -- faint(-hearted), soft, tender (-hearted), one), weak.
answer
ma`aneh  (mah-an-eh')
a reply (favorable or contradictory) -- answer, himself.
turneth
shuwb  (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively
away wrath
chemah  (khay-maw')
heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever) -- anger, bottles, hot displeasure, furious(-ly, -ry), heat, indignation, poison, rage, wrath(-ful).
but grievous
`etseb  (eh'-tseb)
an earthen vessel; usually (painful) toil; also a pang (whether of body or mind): grievous, idol, labor, sorrow.
words
dabar  (daw-baw')
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
stir up
`alah  (aw-law')
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
anger
'aph  (af)
the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
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