 | Time - 1835 - 274 pages
...heart fixed by prayer — will be our helpers at such a moment : — and, be aware the next time ! D 2 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out...therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. — Prov. xvii. 14. A merry heart doeth good like a medicine : but a broken spirit drieth the bones.... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - 1836 - 180 pages
...another 1 lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away. [Prov. xxv. 6-10. The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out...therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. [Prov. xvii. U. sUPPLICATION. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness 1 according... | |
 | 1837 - 680 pages
...Whoso rewanleth evil for good, evil shall not depart from bis house. 14 Tlie beginning of strife ig f Edom, and the country was filled with water. 21 IF And when all the Moabites heard that 15 He that justifielh the wicked, and he that condenmeth the just, even they both are abomination to... | |
 | Temper - 1837 - 370 pages
...he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city." Proverbs xvii. 14. " The beginning of strike is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off contention before it be meddleth with." Verse 20. " He that hath a froward heart findeth no good : and he that hath a perverse... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - Bible - 1838 - 330 pages
...a secret to another ; lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away. 8 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out...therefore leave off contention before it be meddled with. 9 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindle strife. 10 Thou... | |
 | William Paley - Clergy - 1838 - 562 pages
...heart forgive his brother their trespasses. XXXVIII. RECONCILEMENT OF DISPUTES. PROVERBS xvn. 14. " The beginning of strife is, as when one letteth out...Therefore leave off contention before it be meddled with." THERE is not found throughout the Book of Proverbs, or in any book indeed either of ancient or modern... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1838 - 642 pages
...xii. 16. If any difference happen, drop it again as soon as you recover your temper. " The begmning of strife is as when one letteth out water : therefore...leave off contention, before it be meddled with," ch. xvii. 14. You are not to break with a friend for a small matter. The better to secure the lasting... | |
 | 1838 - 1196 pages
...w, inlet 1 1 evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house. 14 The beginning of strife it at brethren in Jerusalem, over against them. 15 He that justifie! h the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, Even they both are abomination... | |
 | Bible - 1839 - 1060 pages
...than a fool in his folly. 13 Whoso grewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. 14 I4-& '*• nthis people, neither lift up cry nor Exod....thee. 17 Tf Seest thou not what they do in the ci 15 h He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination... | |
 | Husbands - 1839 - 302 pages
...easier to refrain from uttering the first angry word, than to stop short at the second or the third. ' The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out...therefore leave off contention before it be meddled with.' " But be careful to resist on Christian principle*. To give way to evil tempers and passions is not... | |
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The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. 
