Judges 8:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.

God

Then

Proverbs 15:1

Proverbs 16:32

Proverbs 25:11

Bible References

God

Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against Midian and take the waters before them, as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan.” So all the men of Ephraim were summoned and they took the waters as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan.

For by their own sword they did not possess the land,
And their own arm did not save them,
But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence,
For You favored them.

Not to us, O Lord, not to us,

But to Your name give glory
Because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth.

The Lord is my strength and song,

And He has become my salvation.

For in this case the saying is true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’

For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.

For I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,

Do nothing from

selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;

Then

A gentle answer turns away wrath,
But a

harsh word stirs up anger.

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
And he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city.

Like apples of gold in settings of silver
Is a word spoken in right circumstances.