 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. 44 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. 45 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. 46 The meek shall... | |
 | 1834 - 330 pages
...in a repulsive tone, do not imitate this censurable part of his conduct, always remembering that ' a soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.' On the question of receiving visits, I would advise you not to evince a greater fondness for it than... | |
 | Bishop Gregory Thurston Bedell - 1834 - 368 pages
...in a repulsive tone, do not imitate this censurable part of his conduct, always remembering that ' a soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.' On the question of receiving visits, I would advise you not to evince a greater fondness for it than... | |
 | Henry Forster Burder - 1834 - 204 pages
...he that taketh a city." Thirdly, Let the expressions of an evil Temper be resolutely controlled. " A soft answer turneth away wrath ; but grievous words stir up anger." While cutting words exasperate the individual against whom they are directed, they have the effect... | |
 | Михаил Николаевич Загоскин - 1834 - 234 pages
...am I, Boyards," exclaimed Zamiatna Opateff, " to behold this reconciliation : — Sirach sayeth, ' A soft answer turneth away wrath ; but grievous words stir up anger.' And the ever-wise Solomon, too, what sayeth he ? saith he not, ' Surely the churning of milk bringeth... | |
 | 1835 - 612 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 - 1836 - 264 pages
...VIII. HE that hath no rule over his own spirit, is like a chy that is broken down, and without wails. A soft answer turneth away wrath ; but grievous words stir up anger. Better is a dinner ef herbs where love is, than a stalled ox, and hatred therewith. Pride goeth before destruction; and... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1836 - 204 pages
...love serve one another. "Cease from anger and forsake wrath. He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly. A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger. "Love peace. Have peace one with another. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably... | |
 | Joseph Wilson (Minister of Laxton.) - 1836 - 408 pages
...should speak unadvisedly, or unnecessarily grieve or distress the feelings of another. He knows that "a soft answer turneth away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger ; " and, therefore, he puts a bridle upon his lips, especially while in company with the ungodly. He... | |
 | 1837 - 408 pages
...feelings, and are ever reminded by the benevolence and wisdom of their delightful enterprise, " That a soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger." The Reports of the Societies are not annexed, from the consideration of their length and the great... | |
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A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger. 
