 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1827 - 590 pages
...And yet I saw there must be an exceptidn in some cases, as the words immediately following show : ' Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.' I conceive, as if he had said, Yet if is needful in some cases, to ' answer a fool according to his... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...3 g 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 to his folly, lest he be wise in )Heb.Mloim J his OWI1 COllCcit. ***• 6... | |
 | 1826 - 1036 pages
...shall not come. 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. 4 Answer man that hath not laboured' therein shall he leave it for his [>on D 5 Answer a fool according lo his folly, lest he be wise in hisowncoiiceit. 6 He that sendeth a message... | |
 | Richard Oastler - Tithes - 1827 - 200 pages
...hare not answered a fool according to his folly, lest 1 should bo like •.' onto him. I.have answered a fool according to his folly, lest he be " wise in his own conceit." Proverbs, xxvi. 3, 4,5. " To unmask falsehood, and bring troth to light" HALIFAX: SHAKESPEARE. PRINTED... | |
 | Legacy - Women - 1827 - 332 pages
...presumer. 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." Be not fond of disputing every thing pro and con, nor indul e yourself to shew your talent of attacking... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...xxi. 23. A word fitly spoken, is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. — Prov. xxv. 11. Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also...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... | |
 | Thomas Burton - Great Britain - 1828 - 564 pages
...Thomas was for the word " ministers" to be added. Mr. Gewen. This minds me of what Solomon says,* " Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit." I would have the word " tumultuous," for they are so in petitioning against the magistracy. Lieutenant-general... | |
 | Thomas Burton - Great Britain - 1828 - 562 pages
...Thomas was for the word " ministers" to be added. Mr. Gewen. This minds me of what Solomon says,* " Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit." I would have the word " tumultuous," for they are so in petitioning against the magistracy. Lieutenant-general... | |
 | Robert Leighton - Theology - 1828 - 302 pages
...and if we are not to answer a fool so as to be like unto him, yet we are, byall means, to answer him according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit ; again, because a criminal forgetfuhiess of this leading truth, is the sole source of all the wickedness... | |
 | John Parker Lawson - Bishops - 1829 - 588 pages
...never read those effusions : otherwise they could not have disputed the adage of the wise man, " Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him." Leaving " John the phisitian," his third companion, Henry Burton, next presents himself, whom Heylin... | |
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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. 
