 | Charles Simmons - 1850 - 532 Seiten
...away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it : for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. Pr. 15: 1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. Mat. 5: 9 Blessed are the peace-makers : for they shall be called the children of God. Rom. 12: 10... | |
 | 1850 - 492 Seiten
...his forbearance to us more, we should bear with one another more. Instead of remembering the text, 'A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger;' on the least provocation our language is as sharp as a two-edged sword, instead of ' hoping all thing?,'... | |
 | rev. David Williams (M.A.) - 1850 - 162 Seiten
...specimens of this figure : " The wise shall inherit glory; but shame shall be the portion t" of fools." " A soft answer turneth away wrath; but grievous " words stir up anger." Among numerous other passages, the 19th verse of the 22nd chapter of the Book of Numbers, and the 9th... | |
 | John Dick - 1850 - 560 Seiten
...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."t It... | |
 | Free Church of Scotland. General Assembly - 1851 - 488 Seiten
...but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands. B 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... | |
 | 1851 - 1282 Seiten
...king's favour is toward a wise servant : but his wrath is against him that causeth shame. CHAP. XV. U & z@6 2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright : but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. 3... | |
 | Mychal Gabrielle - 2004 - 418 Seiten
...bitterness. I didn't even feel lonely anymore. Once I understood the power found in the following scripture, "A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger" (Proverbs 15:1; NKJV), I was led to just pray. My prayers became that someday each of you would come... | |
 | Quency Gardner - 2004 - 326 Seiten
...brother Tommy, "We might fail to love but love will never fail." In Proverbs 15:1 Solomon has written, "A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger." We can respond with grievous words when grievous words are spoken to us (which is a manifestation of... | |
 | Mary Cox Garner - 2004 - 238 Seiten
...person, to talk it over with. Thomas Fuller said, “As fire kindled by bellows, so is anger by words.” “A soft answer turneth away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger.” Proverbs 15:1 Another extreme danger can be in turning our anger inward and thus becoming depressed.... | |
 | Ray Hundley - 2004 - 302 Seiten
...off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth." (Col. 3:8) "A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger." (Prov, 15:1) "Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place... | |
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Would that there were more to join in this, as truly wise as it is truly pious, sentiment! What have Christian men to do with calling down fire from heaven ? When was conversion ever effected by compulsion ? Or what was it worth when effected ? "A soft... 
