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" Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. "
The Path of Peace, Or, A Practical Guide to Duty and Happiness - Page 178
by John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1836 - 192 pages
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The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments and the ..., Volume 7

1611 - 360 pages
...transgressors. As a dog returneth to his vomit, So a fool returneth to his folly. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him. The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way ; A lion is in the streets. As the...
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The Christian guardian (and Church of England magazine).

1851 - 592 pages
...and there is a humiliating truth recorded fur our instruction in the word of God: 'Seest thou aman wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool th<m of him.'" We are not quite sure of our author's meaning in the following passage :— " Another...
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Sacred hours; or, Extracts for private devotion & meditation, Volume 1

Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...diggeth a pit shall fall therein : and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. He thatjustifieth...
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The Youth's Magazine; Or, Evangelical Miscellany

Children - 530 pages
...error is yet to be named; it is a bar ;to spiritual improvement. " Seest thou," says Solomon, "a man wise in his own conceit ; there is more hope of a fool than of him." " Surely he scorneth the scorners, but he giveth grace uato the lowly"— the humiliating...
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A Short and Plain Exposition of the Old Testament: With Devotional ..., Volume 5

Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 474 pages
...formerly smarted and professed to refient of, 12 and so becomes odious to God and num. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him, that is, of one that has hardly common sense ; he is afoot IS of (tod's making, the otlie"...
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A Scripture Account of the Faith and Practice of Christians: Consisting of ...

Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1807 - 550 pages
...that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. xxvi. 1 2. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit, there is more hope of a fool than of him. Ver. 1 6. The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that can render a reason....
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The Works of President Edwards ...

Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 512 pages
...get good of any in the world. Experience shews the truth of that, Prov. xxvi. 12....Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? There is more hope of a fool than of him." To this some may object, that the Psalmist, When we must suppose that he was in a holy...
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The works of ... Joseph Hall, with some account of his life and ..., Volume 10

Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 504 pages
...he, that separates himself, will seek, and occupy himself in all wisdom: but seest thou a man thus wise in his own conceit? there is •more hope of a fool than of him : yea, he is a fool in this: In the mouth of the foolish is the rod of pride : I thought,...
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The Works of President Edwards ..., Volume 4

Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 514 pages
...get good of any in the world. Experience shews tlie truth of that, Prov. xxvi. 12....Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? There is more hope of a fool than of To thrs some may object, that the Psalmist, when we must suppose that he was in a holy frame,...
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A Plea for Religion and the Sacred Writings: Addressed to the Disciples of ...

David Simpson - Apologetics - 1809 - 410 pages
...attention, and that of his friends, another of this Jewish king's witty sayings: " Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him !" Many other jcstsf . uttered by this sagacious monarch, are equally funny with these...
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