...investigation is once started even on a simple, easy matter it may lead on into very serious complications. "The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water ; therefore leave off contention before there be quarrelling." (Prov. xvii. 14.) The Chinese pastor is tempted to give this wise advice a wider...

...bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. 13 Whoso rewardeth evil for 14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out...therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. 15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination...

...plague. If brethren or their households cannot live quietly together, let ihem quietly separate (i39). "The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water : therefore leave off contention before there be quarrelling." 1 The world is wide ; there is air and sunshine for everybody ; there is healing...

...remember what a monotonous and uninteresting world it would be if we were all perfect. THE QUARREL. "The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out...therefore leave off contention before it be meddled with." There are two respects in which the beginning of a quarrel is like the letting out of water....

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...Rather than a fool in his folly. Whoso rewardeth evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house. The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there be quarrelling. He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of...

...know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame. — Prov., xxv, 8. The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water ; therefore leave off contention before there be quarrelling. — Prov., xvii, 14. It is an honour for a man to keep aloof from strife. —...

...and worse. By what comparison does Solomon describe the beginning of a quarrel ? ' (Pro. xvii 14.) "'The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out...therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with." ' ' Don't begin strife or you may not be able to stop it. STMVE KOT WITH A MAN WITHOUT CAUSE...

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...leave him. (2) By being watchful at the beginning. — " The beginning of strife," says the wise man, " is as when one letteth out water ; therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with." So it is with those disputes and enmities which hinder men from living together in peace and...