 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 562 pages
...before the feet of the ignorant and unwary ; and were we not commanded, on some occasions, ' to answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.' The gods, mentio'ned in these mistaken passages, are no other than such as the vine in the fable, Judges... | |
 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 1090 pages
...before the feet of the ignorant and unwary ; and were we not commanded, on some occasions, ' to answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.' The gods, mentioned in these mistaken passages, are no other than such as the vine in the fable, Judges... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1825 - 528 pages
...Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest them aUo be like unto him. — Proy. xxvi. 1. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. — Pror. x\vi. 5. A " FOOL," in the sense of scripture, means a wicked man, or one who acts contrary... | |
 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 pages
...fool's back. 4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto Jiim. 5 Answer 6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool, cutteth off the feet mill drinketh damage. 7 '['he... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - Baptists - 1825 - 536 pages
...Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest than also be like »nt» him. — Prov. \xvi- 4. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own con•ceit. — Prov. xxvi. 6. A " POOL," in the sense of scripture, means a wicked man, <ir one who acts contrary... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 630 pages
...doves, Matt. x. 16. Answer not a fool according to hie folly, lest thou abo be like unto him. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own coneeit, Frov. xxvi. 4, 5. Then said J esus unto them, I will ask you one thing ; Is it lawful on the... | |
 | Robert Leighton, John Norman Pearson - Theology - 1825 - 462 pages
...if we are not to answer a fool, so as to be like unto him, yet, we are, by all means, to answer him according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit;) again, because a criminal forgetfulness of this leading truth, is the sole source of all the wickedness... | |
 | Robert Leighton (Abp. of Glasgow), John Norman Pearson - Theology - 1825 - 452 pages
...if we are not to answer a fool, so as to be like unto him, yet, we are, by all means, to answer him according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit;) again, because a criminal forgetfulness of this leading truth, is the sole source of all the wickedness... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1827 - 590 pages
...I saw there must be an exceptidn in some cases, as the words immediately following show : ' Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.' I conceive, as if he had said, Yet if is needful in some cases, to ' answer a fool according to his... | |
 | Richard Oastler - Tithes - 1827 - 200 pages
...hare not answered a fool according to his folly, lest 1 should bo like •.' onto him. I.have answered a fool according to his folly, lest he be " wise in his own conceit." Proverbs, xxvi. 3, 4,5. " To unmask falsehood, and bring troth to light" HALIFAX: SHAKESPEARE. PRINTED... | |
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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. 
