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For as the churning of milk brings forth butter, And the wringing of the nose brings forth blood; So the forcing of wrath brings forth strife."
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The Principle of Pressure
Commentators highlight that the original Hebrew uses the same word for “churning,” “wringing,” and “forcing.” The proverb builds a powerful analogy: just as applying pressure to milk (churning) and a nose (wringing) produces a predictable result, so does applying pressure to anger. It’s a spiritual law of cause and effect.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Churning ... wringing ... forcing - In the Hebrew text it is one and the same word. “The pressure of milk produces curds, the pressure of th…
19th Century
Anglican
Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter... . —The same word is used in the Hebrew for the three which appear in…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Surely the churning of milk brings forth butter. Or the pressing of it. This is a thing well known and certain, that of m…
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We may learn from animals to conduct ourselves well; also to keep our temper under all provocations.
We must keep the evil thought in our min…
