...is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. 134 fore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. The beginning of strife is as' when one letteth out...therefore leave off contention before it be meddled with. CHAP. XIX. BETTER is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his...

...brother is a murderer. (I. Jn. 3. 15.) 10. How does Solomon caution against the beginning of strife? The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out...therefore leave off contention before it be meddled with. (17 Pr. 14.) 11. How is strife produced ? 12. To what does Solomon compare the niau who has no...

...brother is a murderer. (I. .In. 3.15.) 10. How does Solomon caution against the beginning of strife? The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out...therefore leave off contention before it be meddled with. (17 Vr. 14.) 11. How is strife produced? A' wrathful man stirreth up strife; but he that is slow...

...people, and all those causes of strife and contention which would interrupt the harmony among christians. The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out...therefore leave off contention before it be meddled with. Be moderate in your censures, refrain from opprobrious language, and evil surmisings. Beware...

...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....

...separateth chief frie'ndB.— Prov. xvi. 28. He thfit repeateth the matter, sepa* rateth 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....

...best thing she cotild do to stop the quarrel at once. " The beginning of strife," the wise man says, " is as when one letteth out water : therefore leave off contention before it be meddled with " (Prov. xvii. 14). It takes two to make a quarrel, and I think Sally's plan was successful, for...

...image. Heat and violence, anger and resentment in religious disputes naturally lead on to persecution. The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water ; therefore leave off wrathful contention before it be meddled with. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and clamour, and evilspeaking,...

...world; but if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator — . Thirdly, enmity. Prov. xvii. 14. the beginning of strife is as when one letteth out...therefore leave off contention before it be meddled with. v. 19. he loveth transgression that loveth strife; and he that exalteth his gate, seeketh destruction....

...than a fool in his folly. 13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. 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...