 | William Dodd - 1842 - 546 pages
...— 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... | |
 | London St. Giles, Cripplegate - 1844 - 712 pages
...[to] be humbled. I take the wise man as directing us to this method with this sort of men : " Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit." (Prov. xxvi. 5.) According to his folly, that is, according as his folly does deserve ; answer him... | |
 | 1841 - 1136 pages
...fool's bock. 4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 5 Answer and the feet, and the palms of her hands. 36 Wherefore they came a 0 He that sendelh a message by Ihe hand of a fool cutteth oft' the feet, and drinketh damage. 7 The... | |
 | 1845 - 652 pages
...according to his folly, immediately added the command, that under other circumstances, we must " answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit' The Puritans were not fools as regarded mere learning, and knew well enough long ago the common arguments... | |
 | Thomas Manton - Bible - 1845 - 624 pages
...not in scorn. " 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). Answer and answer not ; not out of curiosity, as Herod questioned Christ many things,... | |
 | Albert Welles - Sermons - 1845 - 286 pages
...Proverbs XXVI, 4 and 5 : Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like ham : Answer a fool according to his folly , lest he be wise in his own conceit. -'!>, A Sermon first preached, Fourth of March, AD 1823, from Job XXII, 10 : I also will show my opinion.... | |
 | 1849 - 312 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 positiveness... | |
 | Charles Roger - Bible - 1847 - 342 pages
...house. CHAP. XXVI. 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. 8 As he... | |
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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. 
