Proverbs 15:1
About the book Proverbs Trend of this verse since 2000
Bible text
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Text: World English Bible (Classic, with deuterocanon). The World English Bible is in the Public Domain. "World English Bible" is a trademark of eBible.org.. Licence: Public domain (World English Bible). Source: ebible.org. Footnotes and cross references are left out; the rights holder has not reviewed or endorsed this display.
Statistics
- 19 Uses? Every use that covers this verse, also through a reference to its whole chapter.
- 19 Uses naming the verse? As in the Top 100: only uses that name this verse.
- #740 Rank? Rank 740 of 19,199 verses named in at least one use; tied verses share a rank.
- mapped Mapping? Position 16,933 in the sequence Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering), Old Testament
19 of the uses are a lower bound (repetitions not known exactly).
Persons in this verse
No person of the Bible is linked to this verse yet.
Topics of this verse
- Power of words
- Bitterness
- Criticism
- Arguing
- Speaking the truth in love
- Speaking things into existence
- Hurt feelings
- Insults
- Frustration
- Hate
The strongest topics first, by the votes of the OpenBible.info readers.
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Numbering in the versification systems?
Bible editions number some verses differently. This verse has the following labels; labels that differ from the one shown above are marked.
Sources that cite this verse?
- Vers of the Day Website Data: 8 uses
- losung.net: Losungen archive: 8 uses
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations: 2 uses
- Die Losungen (official yearly files): 1 use
Uses?
19 approved public uses (data: Official), newest first.
- Date
- Jun 3, 2026
- Cited as
- Proverbs 15:1
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jun 16, 2025
- Cited as
- Sprüche 15,1
- Source
- Die Losungen (official yearly files), Die Losungen 2025 (Jahresdatei der Evangelischen Brüder-Unität)
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2025-06-16
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Translation
- Lutherbibel 2017
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jun 10, 2022
- Cited as
- Sprüche 15,1
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Freitag, 10. Juni 2022
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2022-06-10
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jun 3, 2022
- Cited as
- Proverbs 15:1
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Apr 13, 2019
- Cited as
- Sprüche 15,1
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Samstag, 13. April 2019
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2019-04-13
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jun 3, 2018
- Cited as
- Proverbs 15:1
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- May 6, 2016
- Cited as
- Sprüche 15,1
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Freitag, 6. Mai 2016
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2016-05-06
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jun 3, 2014
- Cited as
- Proverbs 15:1
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Dec 10, 2013
- Cited as
- Sprüche 15,1
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2013
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2013-12-10
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jun 3, 2010
- Cited as
- Proverbs 15:1
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Apr 6, 2010
- Cited as
- Sprüche 15,1
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Dienstag, 6. April 2010
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2010-04-06
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jul 24, 2006
- Cited as
- Sprüche 15,1
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Montag, 24. Juli 2006
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2006-07-24
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jun 3, 2006
- Cited as
- Proverbs 15:1
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jan 27, 2003
- Cited as
- Sprüche 15,1
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Montag, 27. Januar 2003
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2003-01-27
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jun 3, 2002
- Cited as
- Proverbs 15:1
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Aug 9, 2000
- Cited as
- Sprüche 15,1
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Mittwoch, 9. August 2000
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2000-08-09
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jun 3, 1998
- Cited as
- Proverbs 15:1
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jan 1, 667 – Dec 31, 735
- Cited as
- Proverbs 15:1
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentary on Proverbs
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Bede
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Venue
- England
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 344 – Dec 31, 407
- Cited as
- Proverbs 15:1
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, COMMENTARY ON THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON, FRAGMENT
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- John Chrysostom
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
How this was computed – counting rule: Every covered verse (baseline) / Named verses only; data: Official; as of Nov 9, 2026, 11:15 AM UTC
Neutral key: nrf1:PRO.015.001
- Metric
- Verse-level uses: every citation adds one for each verse it covers, under the counting rule. A citation of three verses adds 3. (definition)
- Counting rule
- Every covered verse (baseline) The baseline rule: every mention of every verse counts; a chapter or a range counts once for each verse it covers, and an unknown repetition counts as one. (definition) – uses; references to a whole chapter count for each of its verses
Named verses only Like the baseline rule, but only references that name verses count; whole chapters and books are left out. The Top 100 verses use it, so a chapter reference does not lift every verse of the chapter. (definition) – uses naming the verse (owner decision P5); the basis of the Top 100 and of the rank - Profile
- Official The official profile of every public number: only reviewed and approved entries whose evidence quality is high enough. (definition) – reviewed and approved data only
- Epoch
- 124, published Nov 9, 2026, 11:15 AM UTC (provisional)
- Sequence
- Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering)
prot66.nrf, mapping release R8 - Rank
- As in the Top 100: uses naming the verse, highest first, over the verses named at least once; tied verses share a rank.
- Uses
- Approved public uses of the data shown, with at least one cited passage on these verses. The list follows the current approved data; the numbers are those of the epoch.
Live numbers are recomputed every 15 minutes and are provisional until a data release is frozen. The Bible text is shown for reading only; it is never counted. How we count Glossary