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Prov 25:15

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Prov 25:15 · Douay-Rheims
“By patience a prince shall be appeased, and a soft tongue shall break hardness.”
Patristic before A.D. 750
735
A.D.
Bede Patristic
A.D. 673–735
“By patience, a ruler shall be pacified, etc. Although you have offended the Lord by sinning, yet you can merit his clemency if you bear adversities imposed on you for your sins with patience, and with humble satisfaction render the hardness of your former stubbornness.”
Source
Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.