| Society for improving the condition of the labouring classes - 1840 - 168 halaman
...understanding; but he that is of a hasty spirit exalteth folly." "He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly." "A soft answer turneth away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger." " He that hath no rule over his own spirit, is like a city broken down, and without walls.' ' "Blessed... | |
| Eliza Leslie, Miss Leslie - 1841 - 190 halaman
...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 ... | |
| Pictures - 1841 - 222 halaman
...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.... | |
| Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Publication - 1841 - 252 halaman
...in print on such an occasion, I shall endeavour to pay due regard to Solomon's excellent advice. ' A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger,' Prov. xv. 1. Instead of exasperating my adversary by cutting reprehensions, I will, if possible, constrain... | |
| 1841 - 488 halaman
...Accept my hand, and let us exchange mutual forgiveness." The enmities of both were buried there. " A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger." Men are but children grown up. Our passions remain the same, modified by time. I think I once heard... | |
| Ferdinando Tracy Travell - 1841 - 338 halaman
...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... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 316 halaman
...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... | |
| John Keble - 1842 - 332 halaman
...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... | |
| George Mogridge - 1842 - 346 halaman
...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... | |
| Elizabeth Frank - 1842 - 304 halaman
...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... | |
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