 | Robert Leighton - 1830 - 470 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... | |
 | Christianity - 1832 - 670 pages
...pain, 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.... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Education - 1832 - 414 pages
...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... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...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 - Church membership - 1833 - 228 pages
...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... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Bible - 1834 - 276 pages
...fool's 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... | |
 | Technology - 1834 - 476 pages
...through, and 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 Secundns.) Suppose I were addressing you thus— mark me, only suppose—... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1839 - 630 pages
...lips, 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... | |
 | Christian life - 1841 - 596 pages
...lips, 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 - Industrial arts - 1834 - 478 pages
...through, and 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—"... | |
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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. 
