xxxii. 9. Great men are not always wise; neither do the aged understand judgment.

Prov. iii. 7. Be not wise in thine own eyes. xii. 15. The way of a fool is right in his own eyes.

xiv. 12. There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

xxvi. 12. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit; there is more hope of a fool than of him.-Ver. 16. The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that can render

a reason.

xxviii. 11. The rich man is wise in his own conceit.

Ver. 26. He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool.

Isa. v. 21. Woe to them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight.

Jer. viii. 8. How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us?

Rom. i. 22, 23. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools; and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image. xi. 25. I would not have you ignorant, &c. ye be wise in your own conceit. xii. 16. Be not wise in your own conceits. See Isa. x. 12, 13.-xix. 11. 1 Cor. iii. 18. 2 Cor. x. 12. Col. ii. 23.

lest

XV. A fool receiveth not instruction. Prov. i. 7. Fools despise wisdom and instruction. Ch. v. 12, 13.

xvii. 16. He hath no heart to get wisdom. Ch. i. 7. 22.

xviii. 2. He hath no delight in understanding. Ch. xxiv. 7.

to his sorrow; and the father of a fool hath no joy.-Ver. 25. A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

xix. 13. A foolish son is the calamity of his father. See Disobedient and undutiful children; Commandment Fifth.

XVIII. A fool is mischievous. Prov. x. 23. It is sport to a fool to do mischief.

xiii. 19. It is abomination to fools to depart from mischief.

meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. xvii. 12. Let a bear robbed of her whelps

XIX. Wrathful. Job v. 2. Wrath killeth a foolish man.

Prov. xii. 16. A fool's wrath is presently known.

xiv. 16. A fool rageth and is confident. xxvii. 3. A fool's wrath is heavier than both the sand and a stone.

xxix. 9. If a wise man contend with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

Eccl. vii. 9. Anger resteth in the bosom of See Anger, Wrath.

fools.

xvii. 10. A reproof entereth more into wise man, than a hundred stripes into a fool. xxvii. 22. Though thou shouldst bray a fool in a mortar, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

x. 21. Fools die for want of wisdom.

XVI. He discovereth his folly. Prov. 16. A fool layeth open his folly.

xxvi. 11. As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

Eccl. x. 2. A wise man's heart is at his right hand, but a fool's heart is at his left.

Ver. 3. When a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

XVII. Toward his parents. Prov. x. 1. A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.-Ch. xv. 20. He despiseth his mother.

xv. 5. A fool despiseth his father's instructions.

Ver. 14. A fool is full of words. See Talkativeness, Rashness. See Prov. xvii. 7.—xxvi. 7.

XXII. His folly is his pleasure. Prov. xv. 21. Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom, &c.

xvii. 24. His eyes are in the ends of the earth.

xxx. 22. The earth is disquieted, and cannot bear a fool when he is filled with meat.

Eccl. vii. 6. His laughter is like the crackling of thorns under a pot.

vii. 4. His heart is in the house of mirth. XXIII. Treatment for fools. Prov, xiv. 7.

tresses.

xii. 12. The signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

Col. i. 11. Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness.

1 Thess. i. 2, 3. We give thanks, remembering your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God our Father.

2 Thess. i. 4. We glory in you for your patience and faith, in all your persecutions and tribulations.

iii. 5. The Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for

Christ.

Heb. vi. 12. Be ye followers of them, who through faith and patience inherit the promises. -Ver. 15. Abraham, after he had patiently endured, obtained the promise.

x. 36. Ye have need of patience, that after ye have done the will of God ye might receive the promise.

XXVI. Patience toward men. Eccl. vii. 8. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

1 Thess. v. 14. Be patient toward all men. 1 Tim. iii. 2, 3. A bishop must be blameless, patient.

vi. 11. O man of God, follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. 2 Tim. ii. 24. The servant of the Lord must

be gentle to all men, apt to teach, patient.

iii. 10, 11. Thou hast fully known my docing, charity, patience, persecutions, afflictions. trine, manner of life, purpose, faith, long-suffer

Tit. ii. 1, 2. Speak thou the things that become sound doctrine, that the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

2 Pet. i. 5-7. Add to your faith, virtue, brotherly kindness, and charity. knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness,

CONTENTMENT.

XXVII. Contentment. Luke iii. 14. John

before us, &c.

James i. 3, 4. The trying of your faith worketh patience. Let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be entire, wanting nothing.

v. 7, 8. Be patient unto the coming of the Lord. The husbandman hath long patience. Be ye also patient, stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

Ye

Ver. 10, 11. Take the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction with patience. have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy.

1 Pet. ii. 20. If when ye do well and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is accepted with God.

Rev. i. 9. I John am your brother and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ.

ii. 2, 3. I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou hast borne, and hast patience for my name's sake, and hast laboured, and hast not fainted.

Ver. 19. I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and patience.

iii. 10. Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation.

xiii. 10. Here is the patience and faith of the saints.

xiv. 12. Here is the patience of the saints; Y

your wages,

whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. Phil. iv. 11. Paul said, I have learned in

1 Tim. vi. 6. Godliness with contentment is great gain.-Ver. 8. Having food and raiment, let us therewith be content.

out covetousness, and be content with such Heb. xiii. 5. Let your conversation be withthings as ye have; for he hath said, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee.

DISCONTENT, MURMURING. XXVIII. Discontent, murmuring. Lam. iii. 39. Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

1 Cor. x. 10. Neither murmur ye as some of the Jews murmured, and were destroyed. See the murmurings of the Jews and their punishments: Exod. xv. 24. For drink. Ch. xvi. 2 to 12. For bread. Numb. xiv. 2. 27. 29. 36. When they heard an evil report of the promised land. Ch. xvi. 11. 41. Korah and his company about the priesthood.

Phil. ii. 14. Do all things without murmurings and disputings.

Jude 16. Murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts.

GRUDGING.

XXIX. Grudging. Lev. xix. 18. Thou shalt not avenge nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people.

2 Cor. ix. 7. Give to the poor, not grudg

ingly.

Isa. xi. 4. With righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity, for the meek

xxix. 19. The meek shall increase their joy

MEEKNESS

XXX. The exercise of meekness required. Gal. vi. 1. If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual restore such a one in the spirit of meekness.

Eph. iv. 1, 2. Walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called; with all lowliness and meekness, and long-suffering.

1 Tim. vi. 11. Follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. 2 Tim. ii. 25. In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves.

Tit. iii. 2. Shewing all meekness to all men. James iii. 13. Who is a wise man and endued with wisdom among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works, with meekness of wisdom.

1 Pet. iii. 15. Be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear.

XXXI. How produced. Gal. v. 22, 23. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance.

XXXII. Examples of meekness. Numb. xii. 3. Moses was very meek.

Matt. xxi. 5. Behold thy King [Jesus] cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an Isa. lxii. 11. Zech. ix. 9.

ass.

2 Cor. x. 1. I beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, &c.

Col. iii. 12. Put on (as the elect of God) bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering.

XXXIII. Promises to the meek. Ps. xxii. 26. The meek shall eat and be satisfied. xxv. 9. The meek will he guide in judgment, and the meek will he teach his way.

xxxvii. 11. The meek shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves in abundance of peace.

xlv. 4. In thy majesty ride prosperously, because of truth and meekness, and righteous

ness.

Ixxvi. 9. God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth.

cxlvii. 6. The Lord lifteth up the meek, and casteth the wicked down to the ground.

cxlix. 4. The Lord will beautify the meek with salvation.

Ixi. 1. The Lord hath anointed me to preach glad tidings to the meek.

Zeph. ii. 3. Seek the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgments; seek righteousness, seek meekness, it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger. Matt. v. 5. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

1 Pet. iii. 4. The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit is in the sight of God of great price.

HUMILITY.

XXXIV. Humility toward God. Deut. viii. 2, 3. The Lord thy God led thee forty years in the wilderness to humble thee. He humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna.

Mic. vi. 8. What doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

James iv. 10. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you. 1 Pet. v. 6.

3. Humble thyself, make sure thy friend. XXXV. Humility toward men. Prov. vi.

xxv. 6, 7. Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men. For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither, than that thou shouldst be put lower. Luke xiv. 8. 10.

Jer. xlv. 5. Seekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them not.

Matt. xx. 26-28. Whosoever will be great

among you, let him be your minister. Whosoever will be chief among you let him be your servant. Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister.

Rom. xii. 3. I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.-Ver. 16. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.

Eph. v. 21. Submit yourselves one to another, in the fear of God.

1 Pet. v. 5. All of you be subject one to another; and be ye clothed with humility. Phil. ii. 3. In lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

XXXVI. Promises to the humble. Job xxii. 29. God shall save the humble person.