 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 pages
...shew favour to the righteous, and indignation to them who dishonour Him. Proverbs relating to the 1 A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger. 2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright : but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. 3... | |
 | William Dodd - 1842 - 546 pages
...openeth wide his lips, shall have destruction, &c. A righteous man hateth lying. — Prov. xiii. 3. 5. A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger. The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright : but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness, &c.... | |
 | William Charles Cotton - Bee culture - 1842 - 434 pages
...than my own : it is the way of the Bible, The Bible tells us to give none occasion of offence ; that " A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger;"* it teaches us when "We are reviled, to revile not again." know that God Himself has given us the *... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - Readers - 1843 - 314 pages
...whisperer separateth chief friends. Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles. A soft answer turneth away wrath, But grievous words stir up anger. The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright, But the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. I said,... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - Conduct of life - 1844 - 200 pages
...wrath is of great understanding ; but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. PROVERBS xiv. 29. A soft answer turneth away wrath ; but grievous words stir up anger. PROVERBS xv. 1. A wrathful man stirreth up strife; but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. PROVERBS... | |
 | Lady Caroline Eliza East - Sin - 1844 - 90 pages
...Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith." — Prov. xv. 17. " A soft answer turneth away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger." — Prov. xv. 1. " A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband." — Prov. xi i. 4. " A righteous man... | |
 | London missionary society - 1867 - 872 pages
...her how much, better soft words sounded ; and, to make her remember this, she taught her the lost—" A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger." Little Birdie thought this a beautiful text, and so now, whenever she happens to get peevish, the worda... | |
 | Charles Simmons - Bible - 1844 - 552 pages
...abundance of peace. Pr. 10. 12. Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. Pr. 15. 1. A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. Pr. 16. 7. When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. Pr.... | |
 | 1844 - 498 pages
...advance towards a consideration of the particular instruction which it here brings before us : — " A soft answer turneth away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger." The text consiste, as do the proverbs generally, of " two sentences joined in a kind of antithesis,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Christian life - 1845 - 338 pages
...becomes a small pedlar. A small spark makes a great fire. A smart reproof is better than smooth deceit. A soft answer turneth away wrath ; but grievous words stir up anger. As the old cock crows, the young cock learns. A stitch in time saves nine. As welcome as flowers in... | |
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A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger. 
