 | William French - 1831 - 134 páginas
...in his folly. is As for him, who returneth evil for good— Evil shall not depart from his house! 14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water, Therefore before contention breaketh out, abandon it. is He, who acquitteth the wicked man, And he, who condemneth... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1832 - 330 páginas
...not a secret to another; lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away. 8 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out...therefore leave off contention before it be meddled with. 9 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindle strife.... | |
 | Finesse - 1835 - 848 páginas
...CHAPTER XXV. " How many pictures of one Nymph we view, All how unlike each other, all how true!" POPE. " The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out...therefore leave off contention before it be meddled with. " A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike." SOLOMON'S PROVERRS.... | |
 | Time - 1835 - 274 páginas
...a heart fixed by prayer—will be our helpers at such a moment:—and, be aware the next time ! D 2 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out...therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.—Prov. xvii. 14. A merry heart doeth good like a medicine : but a broken spirit drieth the bones.—xvii.... | |
 | Ferdinando Tracy Travell - 1841 - 338 páginas
...our power to put it in practice? I shall conclude with the maxim contained in the fourteenth verse: the beginning of strife is as when one letteth out...therefore leave off contention before it be meddled with. The allusion is taken from breaking down a dam where water has been pent up: though the opening... | |
 | William Dodd - 1842 - 546 páginas
...whisperer separateth chief friends. —Prov. xvi. 28. He that repeateth the matter, separateth friends, &c. The beginning of strife, is as when one letteth out...therefore leave off contention before it be meddled with.—Prov. xvii. 9. 14; xxvi. 21. The words of a tale-bearer are as wounds.—Prov. xviii. 8. For... | |
 | Charles Simmons - 1844 - 552 páginas
...15.28. A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. Pr. 17. 14. The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it bg meddled with. Pr. 18. 0. A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.... | |
 | William Morrison Engles - 1845 - 204 páginas
...every fool will be meddling. A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out...therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest. It is... | |
 | Sir Edward Moore - 1847 - 230 páginas
...their prayers; but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. — 1 Peter iii. 12. REMEMBER : The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out...therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. — Prov. xvii. 14. If it be possible, so much as in you lies, live peaceably with all men. —... | |
 | James Endell Tyler - 1847 - 322 páginas
...man says of strife is singularly applicable in the case of every kind of superstitious innovation: " The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out...therefore leave off contention before it be meddled with."* No sooner does superstition find for itself the smallest aperture through the barriers which... | |
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that the words of Solomon were written on every heart, that they were graven as on a rock! The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off contention before it be meddled 
