 | Legacy - 1827 - 332 páginas
...presumer. 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." Be not fond of disputing every thing pro and con, nor indul e yourself to shew your talent of attacking... | |
 | Thomas Burton - 1828 - 564 páginas
...was for the word " ministers" to be added. Mr. Gewen. This minds me of what Solomon says,* " Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit." I would have the word " tumultuous," for they are so in petitioning against the magistracy. Lieutenant-general... | |
 | Thomas Burton - 1828 - 584 páginas
...was for the word " ministers" to be added. Mr. Geweu. This minds me of what Solomon says,* " Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit." I would have the word " tumultuous," for they are so in petitioning against the magistracy. Lieutenant-general... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 páginas
...— Prov. xxv. 11. 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. — Prov. xxvi. 4, 5. Let another man praise thee, not thine own mouth : a stranger, not thine own... | |
 | Robert Leighton - 1828 - 302 páginas
...and if we are not to answer a fool so as to be like unto him, yet we are, byall means, to answer him according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit ; again, because a criminal forgetfuhiess of this leading truth, is the sole source of all the wickedness... | |
 | John Wesley - 1829 - 544 páginas
...person of this character, it seems we are authorized so to do, by that advice of Solomon, " Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be Wise in his own eyes.T1 9. The manner of the reproof may, in other respects too, be varied according to the occasion.... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Alexander Viets Griswold - 1830 - 492 páginas
...ungod13 465 liness may triumph, and truth be disgraced. There is a sense in which you must " answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit ;" lest he should vainly imagine that his nonsense is agreeable to reason and truth. Let your answer... | |
 | 1832 - 448 páginas
...in stones, and good in every thing." ECCLESIASTES. ADTICE TO A STUDENT OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY " Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own con ceit." — SOLOM )N. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN. SIR, I HAVE conversed with many... | |
 | John Wesley - 1830 - 568 páginas
...person of this character, it seems we are authorized so to do, by that advice of Solomon : " Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes." 9. The manner of the reproof may, in other respects too, be varied according to the occasion.... | |
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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. 
