⁴¹ And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.

⁷ Who stilleth the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their waves, And the tumult of the peoples.

¹ A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

² The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.

¹⁷ The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

⁸ For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which befell `us' in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

⁹ yea, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead:

¹⁰ who delivered us out of so great a death, and will deliver: on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;