 | Barnaby (Uncle.) - 1799 - 374 pages
...uncle had on his four hundred ; and he would not he dictated to by the greatest lord in the land. " A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger," Prov. xv. 1. Uncle Barnaby adopted the former method of dealing with his angry neighbour, and its efficacy... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 pages
...Prov. xiv. 1 7. He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly, and a man of wicked devices is hated. xv. 1. A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger. Ver. 18. A wrathful man stirreth up strife, but he that is slow to anger appeascth strife. xvi. 32.... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 600 pages
...himself to him who judgeth righteously." The observation of Solomon is often verified in experience, " A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger. 5. Anger is sinful, when it prompts to designs, or acts of revenge. The divine law authorized a judge,... | |
 | Church of Scotland - 1810 - 636 pages
...guile. Ver. II. Let him eschew evil, ai:d do good : let him »eek peace, and ensue it. Prov. xv. 1. A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger. Judges viii, 1. And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calludst... | |
 | John Dick - 1811 - 302 pages
...marched out of Egypt, and at such a place they murmured against God ; and Solomon could remark, that " a soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger ;" or, that " better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a stalled ox, and hatred therewith."*... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1812 - 378 pages
...He that hath no rule over, his own spirit, is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. , A soft answer turneth away wrath ; but grievous Words stir up anger. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. Pride goeth before... | |
 | Thomas Cogan - 1812 - 520 pages
...various ramifications, are frequently inculcated, with no less energy of thought and expression. "' A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger." " The beginning of strife is as one letting out water, therefore leave off contention before it be... | |
 | 1813 - 580 pages
...but they rc-gard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands. * Prov xv 1. A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger. Prov. xii. 18. There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword : but the tongue of the wise is... | |
 | 1825 - 618 pages
...; and wilt tliou rail at thy brother ? The best way to succeed, is to treat him with tenderness. " A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger." From the meek and gentle do portment • of the archangel, the Apos-3e takes occasion to arraign and... | |
 | Thomas Cogan - 1813 - 528 pages
...various ramifications, are frequently inculcated, with no less energy of thought and expression. " A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger." " The beginning of strife is as one letting out water, therefore leave off contention before it be... | |
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A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger. 
