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Meanings of bruise reed in English

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Usage of bruise reed in English
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He does not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax.
Bunyan Characters (1st Series)
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The bruised reed he will not break, nor quench the smoking flax.
The Lights and Shadows of Real Life
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He would not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax.
All Saints' Day and Other Sermons
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The bruised reed that I had never leaned on became my staff.
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table
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Oh, I must be sick unto death, weaker than a bruised reed!
Prince Zaleski
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He never breaks the bruised reed, or quenches the smoking flax.
The Life of Duty, v. 2 / A year's plain sermons on the Gospels o...
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She then sank back for a minute like a bruised reed.
Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia
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He works with ' bruised reeds,' and breathes His strength into them.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Nu...
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The Christ who knows our sins and sorrows will not break the bruised reed.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah
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The bruised reed may endure, but it will never rise.
The Spy
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A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench.
The Life of Jesus
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The Power which does not break the bruised reed tempered the storm to my frailty.
Salute to Adventurers
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The bruised reed, you know, is weak; and by bruises we should understand sinful infirmities.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01
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Monk is the bruised reed that pierced our hand, but he is a good fighter.
When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great ...
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You have broken the bruised reed; quenched the smoking flax; humbled the humble; smitten the fallen!
Ishmael; Or, In the Depths
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Lord, pardon me; O God, forgive whatsoever is amiss in me; break not a bruised reed.
Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe / Wife of Sir Richard Fanshawe, Bt., Am...