 | William Jones - 1814 - 226 pages
...poison under their lips. Q. Who is the good shepherd ? A. Jesus Christ. ,.',.. THE TEXTS. Prov. xxvi. 3. A bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. See also Job xi. 12. Acts xx. 29. Grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the jlock.... | |
 | Ephraim Wood - Society of Friends - 1815 - 384 pages
...usual time*. vants of all denominations as deceivers; and against his saints as hypocrites, advise— " A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ASS, and a rod for the fool's back." (Prov. xxvi. 3.) "' Forty stripes, save one,' and that one the heaviest of all, may be given in a future... | |
 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...fool. 2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. 4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 5 Answer a fool according... | |
 | Colonist, Colonist (Writer on colonial West Indies politics) - Abolitionists - 1816 - 390 pages
...our present colonial system. In the book of Proverbs, at xxvi. chap, and 3d verse, it is written, " A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back." By fools the wise man certainly meant not those unhappy beings who were deprived of or left deficient... | |
 | Elections - 1818 - 422 pages
...partiality to excuse them, as I am, "bondfdc," A NATIVE. To the Freeholders of the County of Wilts. " A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back." Solomon. " Forty stripes, save one, but that one the heaviest of them all." GENTLEMEN, You will observe... | |
 | Bible - 1819 - 948 pages
...fool. 2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. 3 t alone ; these, where had they been ? 22 Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, 4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 5 Answer a fool according... | |
 | George Holden - Bible - 1819 - 538 pages
...sparrow in wandering, and the swallow in flying, So the curse that is without cause shall not come. 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools are necessary. 4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like anto... | |
 | George Lawson - Bible - 1821 - 480 pages
...escape an ignominious punishment, when by his unbridled mouth he makes both God and man his enemy ? "A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back t." A bridle was necessary to govern asses when men rode on them ,. * rod is equally necessary for... | |
 | George Lawson - 1821 - 452 pages
...cannot escape the execution of it, but through Christ who was made a curse in our stead J. Ver. 3. A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for thefool's back. A fool is more brutish than the horse or the ass ; for the horse, as well as the ox... | |
 | Francis Barnett - 1823 - 372 pages
...I think the whip would be use* No Fiction, vol. ii. p. 199. fully and scripturally applied to Reed. "A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back ;" Prov. xxvi. 3. Why he is a bigger fool than Silly Sammy, the Miller, near Knaresborough, wh» flogged... | |
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A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. 
