[338] Eccl. x. 4.
[339] Prov. xv. 4. מַרְפֵּא is best rendered here and in Eccl. x. 4 by "gentleness." It is just that quality of humility and submission and tranquillity which our Lord blessed as meekness.
[340] Prov. xv. 1.
[341] Prov. xv. 26.
[342] Prov. xvi. 24.
[343] Prov. xii. 25.
[344] Prov. xv. 23.
[345] Prov. xxv. 20.
[346] Prov. xxv. 11.
[347] Cf. Eccles. xx. 20: "A wise sentence shall be rejected when it cometh out of a fool's mouth, for he will not speak it in due season."