 | John Locke - 1832 - 468 pągines
...be the keeping the fornicator from censure, so much insisted on by St. Paul, chap, v . TEXT. • 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He takcth the wise in their own craftiness. 20 And again, The Lord knowetli the thoughts of the wise,... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pągines
...out of the dungeon : and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. wi*e in their own craftiness. And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that tbey are vain. 1 Co. iii. 18, 19, 20. 0 1 do remember my faultt.~\ It came to pass, i /'iii the butler... | |
 | Hobart Caunter - 1832 - 416 pągines
...future state. The highest mental acquisitions have never been able to penetrate beyond the grave. " The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain." All wisdom that is not grounded on religion, tends to divert us from the path of life ; and surely,... | |
 | 1832 - 670 pągines
...reposing, produces only the diminutive acorn ! No — doubtless these things are all the work of chance." " The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise that they are vain," and not unfrequently instructs our ignorance and mortifies our pride, in a way equally unexpected and... | |
 | Samuel Hanson Cox - 1833 - 710 pągines
...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....knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that THEY ARE VAIN." One of the wisest things perhaps which such men, the best of them, can say, is what one of them (now... | |
 | 1840 - 894 pągines
...and to the great heathen world of India. To thie we answer, that " the wisdom of this world is often foolishness with God ; for it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness." Does it not seem the wiest policy of all, according to human wisdom, to keep the Gospel to ourselves... | |
 | 1833 - 360 pągines
...: if any man among you seem to be wise in this world, let him become a fool that he may be wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written : / will catch the urise in their own craftiness. 20 And again : The. Lord knoweth the thoughts of... | |
 | Edward Mitchell - 1833 - 230 pągines
...character ? it is, in its own nature, impossible ; for the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. And again ; the Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise that they are vain. (1 Cor. iii. 19, 20.) Our true wisdom is to be thankful for both the law and the testimony ; for the... | |
 | Edward Mitchell - 1833 - 242 pągines
...character? it is, in its own nature, impossible ; for the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. And again ; the Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise that they are Tain. (1 Cor. iii. 19, 20.) Our true wisdom is to be thankful for both the law and the testimony ;... | |
 | William Jay - 1834 - 330 pągines
...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....knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and jnaketh the judges fools." We dare not infer the future from... | |
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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,... 
