A gentle answer turns anger away. But mean words stir up anger.

回答柔和，使怒消退；言语暴戾，触动怒气。

回答柔和，使怒消退；言语粗暴，触动怒气。

回答柔和，使怒消退；言语粗暴，触动怒气。

温和的回答平息怒气，粗暴的言词激起愤怒。

柔和的回答使烈怒消退，暴戾的话激动怒气。

温和的回答，使怒火消退；尖刻的话语，会激起怒气。

回答柔和，使怒消退；言語暴戾，觸動怒氣。

回答柔和，使怒消退；言語粗暴，觸動怒氣。

回答柔和，使怒消退；言語粗暴，觸動怒氣。

溫和的回答平息怒氣，粗暴的言詞激起憤怒。

柔和的回答使烈怒消退，暴戾的話激動怒氣。

柔和的回答使烈怒消退；傷人的話語能激起忿怒。

溫和的回答，使怒火消退；尖刻的話語，會激起怒氣。

溫和之應對息忿、暴厲之言詞激怒、

其言也溫、可以息怒、其辭也厲、足以激變。

答言溫和則息怒、語言暴戾則激怒、

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

A gentle answer deflects anger, but harsh words make tempers flare.

A gentle answer turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.

A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

A gentle answer turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

A gentle response turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

If you are patient, you can win an official over to your side. And gentle words can break a bone.

An angry person stirs up fights. And a person with a bad temper commits many sins.

A person with a bad temper stirs up conflict. But a person who is patient calms things down.

Hate stirs up fights. But love erases all sins by forgiving them.

People who always want more stir up conflict. But those who trust in the Lord will succeed.

The king answered the people in a mean way. He didn’t accept the advice the elders had given him.Instead, he followed the advice of the young men. He said,“ My father put a heavy load on your shoulders. But I’ll make it even heavier. My father beat you with whips. But I’ll beat you with bigger whips.”So the king didn’t listen to the people. That’s because the Lord had planned it that way. What he had said through Ahijah came true. Ahijah had spoken the Lord’ s message to Jeroboam, the son of Nebat. Ahijah was from Shiloh.All the Israelites saw that the king refused to listen to them. So they answered the king. They said,“ We don’t have any share in David’s royal family. We don’t have any share in Jesse’s son. People of Israel, let’s go back to our homes. David’s royal family, take care of your own kingdom!” So the Israelites went home.

The men of Ephraim asked Gideon,“ Why have you treated us like this? Why didn’t you ask us to help you when you went out to fight against Midian?” In anger they challenged Gideon.But he answered them,“ What I’ve done isn’t anything compared to what you have done. Ephraim’s grapes have been gathered. Isn’t what is left over better than all the grapes that have been gathered from Abiezer’s vines?God handed Oreb and Zeeb over to you. They were Midianite leaders. So what was I able to do compared to what you did?” After Gideon had said that, they didn’t feel angry with him anymore.

David had just said,“ Everything we’ve done hasn’t been worth a thing! I watched over that fellow’s property in the desert. I made sure none of it was stolen. But he has paid me back evil for good.I won’t leave even one of his men alive until morning. If I do, may God punish me greatly!”When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey. She bowed down in front of David with her face toward the ground.She fell at his feet. She said,“ Pardon your servant, sir. Please let me speak to you. Listen to what I’m saying. Let me take the blame myself.Please don’t pay any attention to that evil man Nabal. His name means Foolish Person. And that’s exactly what he is. He’s always doing foolish things. I’m sorry I didn’t get a chance to see the men you sent.Sir, the Lord has kept you from killing Nabal and his men. He has kept you from using your own hands to get even. So may what’s about to happen to Nabal happen to all your enemies. May it happen to everyone who wants to harm you. And may it happen just as surely as the Lord your God and you are alive.I’ve brought a gift for you. Give it to the men who follow you.“ Please forgive me if I shouldn’t have done that. The Lord your God will certainly give you and your family line a kingdom that will last. That’s because you fight the Lord’ s battles. You won’t do anything wrong as long as you live.Someone may chase you and try to kill you. But the Lord your God will keep your life safe like a treasure hidden in a bag. And he’ll destroy your enemies. Their lives will be thrown away, just as a stone is thrown from a sling.The Lord will do for you every good thing he promised to do. He’ll appoint you ruler over Israel.When that happens, you won’t have this heavy load on your mind. You won’t have to worry about how you killed people without any reason. You won’t have to worry about how you got even. The Lord your God will give you success. When that happens, please remember me.”David said to Abigail,“ Give praise to the Lord. He is the God of Israel. He has sent you today to find me.May the Lord bless you for what you have done. You have shown a lot of good sense. You have kept me from killing Nabal and his men this day. You have kept me from using my own hands to get even.

Nabal answered David’s servants,“ Who is this David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants are running away from their masters these days.Why should I give away my bread and water? Why should I give away the meat I’ve prepared for those who clip the wool off my sheep? Why should I give food to men who come from who knows where?”So David’s men turned around and went back. When they arrived, they reported to David every word Nabal had spoken.David said to his men,“ Each of you put on your swords!” So they did. David put his sword on too. About 400 men went up with David. Two hundred men stayed behind with the supplies.

I saw that you wouldn’t help. So I put my own life in danger. I went across the Jordan to fight against the Ammonites. The Lord helped me win the battle over them. So why have you come up today to fight against me?”Then Jephthah called the men of Gilead together. They fought against Ephraim. The men of Gilead struck them down. The people of Ephraim had said,“ You people of Gilead are nothing but deserters from Ephraim and Manasseh.”The men of Gilead captured the places where people go across the Jordan River to get to Ephraim. Some men of Ephraim weren’t killed in the battle. When they arrived at the river, they would say,“ Let us go across.” Then the men of Gilead would ask each one,“ Are you from Ephraim?” Suppose he replied,“ No.”Then they would say,“ All right. Say‘ Shibboleth.’ ” If he said“ Sibboleth,” the way he said the word would give him away. He couldn’t say it correctly. So they would grab him. Then they would kill him at one of the places where people go across the Jordan. At that time, 42,000 men of Ephraim were killed.

Then the men of Israel answered the men of Judah. They said,“ We have ten of the 12 tribes in the kingdom. So we have a stronger claim on David than you have. Why then are you acting as if you hate us? Weren’t we the first ones to talk about bringing back our king?” But the men of Judah argued their side even more forcefully than the men of Israel.