let not the sun go down upon one's wrath, neither give place to the devil

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释义与例句

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    Seek to dispel ill-will before a day’s end, and not to act upon desires for vengeance.

    And this Remedy St. Paul preſcribes to prevent all Wrath and Revengeful Carriage. Let not the Sun go down upon your Wrath, neither give place to the Devil, or to a † Calumniator and Accuſer, i. e. to exaſperating Thoughts and Inſinuations, whether ſuggeſted to us by our own minds, or by the whiſperings of others, Eph. 4. 26, 27. † τῳ διαβόλῳ.

词源

An allusion to Ephesians 4:26–27, viz. “…let not the sun go down upon your wrath: // Neither give place to the devil.”

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