...reflections. It were well for mankind, if more attention was paid to the wise observation in the first verse: a soft answer turneth away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger. A mild, submissive behaviour will seldom tail to calm the violence of anger; but if we fan the flame...

...and that will never be wanting, as long as the old serpent, the devil, hath any malice or any power. A soft answer turneth away wrath ; but grievous words stir up anger. — Prav. xv. 1. WHEN pride and passion meet on both sides, it cannot be but a fire will be kindled....

...It has been my motto through life ; :' 11! I don't know that I have an enemy in the world. It is " A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger." WAN 1 6 ...

...to be chosen than great riches. Pride goeth before destruction; and a haughty spirit before a fall. A soft answer turneth away wrath ; but grievous words stir up anger. Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich,...

...shew favour to the righteous, and indignation to them who dishonour Him. Proverbs relating to the 1 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...

...than my own : it is the way of the Bible, The Bible tells us to give none occasion of offence ; that " A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger;"* it teaches us when "We are reviled, to revile not again." know that God Himself has given us the *...

...from heaven ? When was conversion ever effected by compulsion ? Or what was it worth when effected? " A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger."] KING CHARLES THE MARTYR.* [JANUARY 30.] This is thankworthy, if a man for conscience towards God endure...

...Hall; and the third, the General Hewitt Indiaman." " Did they go out to fight the Chinese?" text, ' A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.' It is in the book of Proverbs, I believe." " Yes, we remember it." " Well, Lord Amherst went out in...

...the Bible," said Mr. Trueman, " a passage peculiarly applicable to the present case. It is this ; ' A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger.' I have found this precept, in a life that has numbered more than double your years, to be one that...

...openeth wide his lips, shall have destruction, &c. A righteous man hateth lying. — Prov. xiii. 3. 5. A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger. The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright : but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness, &c....