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18A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

Proverbs 15:18

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 18)

Here is, 1. Passion the great make-bate. Thence come wars and fightings . Anger strikes the fire which sets cities and churches into a flame: A wrathful man , with his peevish passionate reflections, stirs up strife , and sets people together by the ears; he gives occasion to others to quarrel, and takes the occasion that others give, though ever so trifling. When men carry their resentments too f...

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