6. O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honor, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. 7. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. PROV. XVIII, 6. A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. PROV. XXVI, 17. He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belongeth not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. PROV. XX, 22. Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee. JOB V, 2. For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. PSALM XXXVII, 8. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. (3.) _Should help the feeble._ JOB VI, 14. To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. HEB. XIII, 3. Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. ROM. XII, 15. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. PHIL. IV, 14. Notwithstanding, ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction. PROV. XVII, 17. A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. PSALM XXXV, 13. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. 14. I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. EX. XXII, 21. Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 22. Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. PROV. XIV, 31. He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoreth him hath mercy on the poor. DEUT. XXIV, 17. Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge. PROV. XXII, 16. Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. PROV. XXII, 22. Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate. PSALM XLI, 1. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. 2. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. 1 JOHN III, 17. But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? JAMES I, 27. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. JAMES II, 1. My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.