 | William Dodd - 1842 - Liczba stron: 546
...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 - 1842 - Liczba stron: 434
...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 *... | |
 | John Keble - 1842 - Liczba stron: 332
...from heaven ? When was conversion ever effected by compulsion ? Or what was it worth when effected? " A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger."] KING CHARLES THE MARTYR.* [JANUARY 30.] This is thankworthy, if a man for conscience towards God endure... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1843 - Liczba stron: 314
...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,... | |
 | 1853 - Liczba stron: 684
...response." " There is in the bible," said Mr. Treeman, "a passage that is peculiarly applicable in the present case. It is this — 'A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grieroui words stir up anger.' I have found this precept, in a life that has numbered more than double... | |
 | London missionary society - 1867 - Liczba stron: 872
...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... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1844 - Liczba stron: 200
...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... | |
 | Charles Simmons - 1844 - Liczba stron: 552
...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.... | |
 | Lady Caroline Eliza East - 1844 - Liczba stron: 90
...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... | |
 | 1844 - Liczba stron: 498
...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,... | |
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A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger. 
