This week’s phrase is from Proverbs 15:1:

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Speaking gently will not cause another to be angry.

This week’s phrase is from Proverbs 5:4:

But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

Double the trouble!

This week’s phrase is from Psalm 120:5:

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

To express a sense of grief.

This week’s phrase is from Psalm 107:27:

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.

To be perplexed