Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone. Listen Ignore Insults He who listens to a life-giving rebuke will be at home among the wise. A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult. A truthful witness gives honest testimony, but a false witness tells lies. The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful.
Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who pours out lies will not go free. A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man displays folly. He who rebukes a man will in the end gain more favor than he who has a flattering tongue. Better a patient man than a warrior, a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city. Whoever flatters his neighbor is spreading a net for his feet.