 | 1815 - 294 pągines
...because our days upon earth are a shadow. The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. The wisdom of this world is foolishness vnih God. CHAP. XXXVI. FRAUD, OPPRESSION, AND VIOLENCE. T)K... | |
 | 1817 - 680 pągines
...himself. If any among you seem to be wise in this world, let him be19 come a fool, that he may be wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, " He 20 taketh the wise in their own craftiness." And again, "The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise,... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1804 - 530 pągines
...apply the following passage of the book of Job, (v. 13,) " He taketh the wise in their own craftiness." The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise that they are vain.* No longer, then, boast of your eloquent teachers. All things are subservient to your edification. I... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1818 - 632 pągines
...If any man among you seemeth to be wise, iji this world, let him become a fool, that he may be vise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God ; for it is written, He faketh the wise in their own craftiness. These words, together with the text, are paraphrased by Doddridge... | |
 | John Maclaurin - 1818 - 554 pągines
...of God and his word ; therefore the apostle, 1 Cor. iii. 20. speaks particularly of the wise men : " And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain ;" that is to say, all those thoughts that are not founded on the word of God, and drawn from it, all... | |
 | 1824 - 496 pągines
...Corinthians, " If any man among you seem to be wise, let him become a fool that he may be wise :" for " the Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise that they are vain." " Be not wise in your own conceits." These things render me more cautious than 1 used to be. The first... | |
 | 1819 - 488 pągines
...himself: If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let h'm become a fool that he may be wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God : for it is written, He e 2 Tim. iii. 14—17. ' 1 Tim. ir. 13. * 1 Tim. iv. 15. bTit. ii.1. 'Tit. ii.8. § 16. • Prov. xxvi.... | |
 | E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 546 pągines
...this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. For the wisdom of thit world it foeliihness 'with God! for it is written, He taketh the wise in...Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are rain. Rom. viii. 8. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. Heb. xiii. 30, 21. Now the... | |
 | 1824 - 920 pągines
...Corinthians, "If any man among you seem to be wise, let him become a fool that he may be wise : " for " the LORD knoweth the thoughts of the wise that they are vain." , " Be not wise in your own conceits." These things render me more cautious than I used to be. The... | |
 | Thomas Morell - 1822 - 486 pągines
...experience, concur to teach us the fallacy of human hope — the uncertainty of human calculations ! " The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise that they are vain." The celebrated statesman, whose rapid elevation, and ttill more rapid fall, have been sketched in the... | |
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Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. And again,... 
