What Does the Bible Say About Soft Answer?

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 27 helpful votes

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 25:15 ESV / 7 helpful votes

With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone.

Colossians 3:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.

Proverbs 29:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.

James 1:27 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

Ecclesiastes 7:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the heart of fools.

Ephesians 4:31 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Proverbs 21:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Scoffer” is the name of the arrogant, haughty man who acts with arrogant pride.

Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Proverbs 15:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.

Proverbs 12:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult.

Psalm 37:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

James 1:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Ephesians 4:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

Galatians 5:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

1 Peter 3:7-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit; let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it. ...

Luke 23:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Isaiah 4:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach.” In that day the branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and honor of the survivors of Israel. And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem, when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning. Then the Lord will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day, and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory there will be a canopy. ...

Proverbs 31:10-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands. She is like the ships of the merchant; she brings her food from afar. ...

Proverbs 30:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For pressing milk produces curds, pressing the nose produces blood, and pressing anger produces strife.

Proverbs 27:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.

Proverbs 26:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.

Proverbs 19:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A man of great wrath will pay the penalty, for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.

Proverbs 18:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.

Proverbs 14:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

Proverbs 14:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A man of quick temper acts foolishly, and a man of evil devices is hated.

Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

35 Bible Verses about Soft Answer

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Proverbs 25:15 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Colossians 3:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 29:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

James 1:27 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 7:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:31 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 21:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 15:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 37:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

James 1:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Galatians 5:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:7-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 23:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 4:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:10-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 30:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Proverbs 14:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 14:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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35 Bible Verses about Soft Answer

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Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Proverbs 25:15 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Colossians 3:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 29:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

James 1:27 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 7:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:31 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 21:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 15:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 37:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

James 1:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Galatians 5:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:7-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 23:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 4:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:10-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 30:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 26:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Proverbs 18:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 14:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 14:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes