| 1833 - 610 páginas
...to:— " There is a time, as Solomon the wisest of men teaches us, ' when a fool should be answered according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit,' and lest others too easily yield up their faith and reason to his imperious dictates " " — • we... | |
| Robert Leighton - 1830 - 470 páginas
...God, be roused up, and every now and then say to itself, " Behold this beautiful starry heaven, #c." But because we have too many of that sort of fools...on the contrary, a very pleasant exercise to every well disposed mind, to reflect upon what a solid and unshaken foundation the whole fabric of religion... | |
| Alexander Viets Griswold - 1830 - 492 páginas
...4, 5. — Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit* ....« 45T TOOL. SERMON I. ON THE CORRUPTION OF HUMAN NATURE. ROM. viii. 7, 8. The carnal mind is enmity... | |
| Isaac Watts - 1832 - 414 páginas
...weapons. There is a time, as Solomon, the wisest of men, teaches us, " when a fool should be answered according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit," and lest others too easily yield up their faith and reason to his imperious dictates. Courage and positivity... | |
| 1832 - 670 páginas
...and I know that there is a soul." Tin- doctor appeared confounded, and walked off. — "Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit." SCRIPTURE (Continued from p. 70.) ALEXANDRIA, a celebrated city in Egypt, built by Alexander the Great.... | |
| Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 páginas
...knowledge. 20 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 21 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. 22 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool, cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage. LESSON... | |
| Leonard Bacon - 1833 - 228 páginas
...according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him,"—and in the next verse we read, " Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit ?" What can it mean but this, that in undertaking to rebuke a wicked man or to hold any debate with... | |
| Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1839 - 630 páginas
...when they attempt as it were to play with sin. But the paradox in the following verse, 'Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit,' may encourage the wise reprover to rebuke the absurdity, and inconsistency of every false way. Such... | |
| Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1834 - 478 páginas
...show the excoriated cinders behind! Nay, why should I not? Tis a good old maxim, to " answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.'' Let me try, then. (To Solomon Secitndus.) Suppose I were addressing you thus — mark me, only suppose—"... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1834 - 276 páginas
...back. 4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. 6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool, cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage. 7 The... | |
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