Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 1. A soft answer ] Gentleness will often disarm the most furious, where positive derangement has not taken place; one angry word will always beget another, for the disposition of one spirit always begets its own likeness in another: thus kindness produces kindness, and rage produces rage. Universal experience confirms this proverb.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1 - A right cause will be better pleaded with meekness than with passion Nothing stirs up anger like grievous words.
Original Hebrew מענה4617 רך7390 ישׁיב7725 חמה2534 ודבר1697 עצב6089 יעלה5927 אף׃639
