...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 meddled...

...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...

...; 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...

...ihey regard not the work of the Lord, neither eonsider the operation of his hands. (i) Prov. 15. 1. A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger. Prov. 12. 18. There is that speaketh like the piereings of a sword : but the tongue of the wise is...

...the postscript. Had our friend spoken for ten minutes, he had thrown away the last nine and a half. " The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright ; but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness." "Bubbleth foolishness," says the more graphic Hebrew — dealing in nothing...

...king's favour is toward a wise servant : but his wrath is against him that causeth shame. CHAP. XV. 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...

...10. 32. Solomon's observation may be reckoned applicable here, as well as upon other occasions : " A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger." Prov. xv. 1. In this way redeem time to yourselves, for all the good purposes of life. In this way...

...how to go to the city. Prov. x. 32. The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable. Chap. xv. 2, The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright : but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. And chap. xvi. 23. The heart of the righteous leacheth his mouth, and addeth...

...allay the rising of hateful passions ; while the opposite tend only to irritate and inflame them. " A soft answer turneth away wrath ; but grievous words stir up anger." Let us, therefore, in all our intercourse with others, be " gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men."...

...convince our adversary, than all the vociferations of passionate invective. For, as the wise man says, " a soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger." " The beginning of strife is, as when one letteth out water : wherefore leave off contention before it be...