If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
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Interpretation
Solomon appears to caution men not to seek redress in a hasty manner, nor to yield to pride and revenge. Do not, in a passion, quit your post of duty; wait awhile, and you wilt find that yielding pacifies great offences.
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This thought runs through Ecclesiastes 10:9-11.