 | London St. Giles, Cripplegate - 1844 - 712 pages
...chance [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
...for the fool's bock. 4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 5 skull, 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... | |
 | Thomas Manton - Bible - 1845 - 624 pages
...reason of the hope that is in you" (1 Pet. iii. 15), provided it be not in scorn. " Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto...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 - 294 pages
...SERMON VIII. PROVERBS XXVI, 4 — 5. ANSWER NOT n FOOL ACCORDING TO HIS FOLLY, LEST THOU ALSO BE LIKE HIM. ANSWER A FOOL ACCORDING TO HIS FOLLY, LEST HE BE WISE IN HIS OWN CONCEIT. READER: — The prohibition contained in the first verse of our text, needs little explanation. It... | |
 | Christianity - 1845 - 638 pages
...fool 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... | |
 | Religion - 1996 - 968 pages
...must call our attention to it and teach it to us?" In response, I will follow the Wise Man's counsel, "Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes" (Mishlei 26:5), and say: Anyone who asks such a nViap .crpVm D'ra •?» y»aa nx .VVisn pjyn... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 666 pages
...WALLACE STEVENS, (1879-1955) US poet. "The Emperor of Ice-Cream, " Harmonium (1923). Fools and Follies 1 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. BIBLE: HEBREW, Proverbs, 26:5. 2 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.... | |
 | William Gordon Braude, Israel James Kapstein - Religion - 1997 - 598 pages
...Ginzberg in 07". p. 271, n. 57). 16. The word iwwelel, "folly," is here equated with "ignorance." JV: Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. 17. The implication: your failure to teach Torah will reduce your own understanding of it. JV:... | |
 | Roland H. Worth - Religion - 1997 - 298 pages
...absurdity, of the situation would be apparent to all.'6 An Old Testament adage would spring to mind: "Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes" (Prv. 26:5). Such an individual would be walking in the footsteps of the proverbist. (Though... | |
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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. 
