 | Thom Scott - Theology - 1825 - 688 pages
...uncharitable contention ; for the ' 1 Pet. ii. 21, 23. = Eph. iv. 31, 32. 3 Gal. v. 15. "discretion of a man deferreth his anger, and it " is his glory to pass over a transgression." I am, Sir, your constant reader, And humble Servant, CHRISTIANUS. II. PAPERS... | |
 | George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...all possible means are used to prevent trouble and preserve peace. To this purpose, " the discretion of a man deferreth his anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression," saith Solomon : and " he that covereth a transgression seeketh love," saith... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Christian life - 1825 - 660 pages
...wrathful man stirreth up strife ; but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strifei." " The discretion of a man deferreth his anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression m." Tit. 8. Directions against sinful Fear. The chief of my advice concerning... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1827 - 412 pages
...angry secretly. No revenge is more heroic, than that which torments envy, by doing good. The discretion of a man deferreth his anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. Money, like manure, does no good till it is spread. There is no real use... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...that covereth a transgression, seeketh love (or procureth love). — Prov. xvii. 4. 9. The discretion of a man deferreth his anger: and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. — Prov. xix. 11. All that watch for iniquity are cut off: that make a... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 pages
...Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes. 11 The discretion XCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain t pass over a transgression. 12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion ; but his favour is as dew... | |
 | John Angell James - Love - 1828 - 444 pages
...chapter are derived. revenge is certainly forbidden by every page of the Word of God. " The discretion of a man deferreth his anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression." Private revenge was certainly forbidden under the Old Testament, and still... | |
 | John Mason - Conduct of life - 1828 - 162 pages
...writings, of incomparably greater weight and dignity than any of the foremeutioned. The discretion of a man deferreth his anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. — Pror. xix. 11. If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...much ; he who loseth a friend, loseth more ; but he who loseth his spirits, loseth all. The discretion of a man deferreth his anger, and it is his glory to pass by a transgression. Of all passions there is none so extravagant and outrageous as that of anger... | |
 | Ethics - 1828 - 234 pages
...it the throne of mercy is inaccessible, and the Saviour of men has been born in vain. The discretion of a man deferreth his anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. By taking revenge a man is but even with his enemy, but in passing it over,... | |
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The discretion of a man deferreth his anger ; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. 
