 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pàgines
...punished, the simple is made wise : and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. 20 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 21 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. 22 He that sendeth a message... | |
 | Leonard Bacon - 1833 - 228 pàgines
...promote holiness. What means that passage in the Proverbs where in one verse we are told, " Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him,"—and in the next verse we read, " Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1834 - 478 pàgines
...through, and show the excoriated cinders behind! Nay, why should I not? Tis a good old maxim, to " answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.'' Let me try, then. (To Solomon Secitndus.) Suppose I were addressing you thus — mark me, only suppose—"... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1839 - 630 pàgines
...inexperienced lips, when they attempt as it were to play with sin. But the paradox in the following verse, 'Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit,' may encourage the wise reprover to rebuke the absurdity, and inconsistency of every false way. Such... | |
 | 1834 - 476 pàgines
...through, and show the excoriated cinders behind! Nay, why should I not? 'Tis a good old maxim, to " answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit." Let me try, then. (To Solomon Secundns.) Suppose I were addressing you thus— mark me, only suppose—... | |
 | 1841 - 596 pàgines
...inexperienced lips, when they attempt as it were to play with sin. But the paradox in the following verse, ' Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit,' may encourage the wise reprover to rebuke the absurdity, and inconsistency of every false way. Such... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1834 - 276 pàgines
...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 to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. 6 He that sendeth a message... | |
 | Alexander Greaves - 1834 - 260 pàgines
...Snap-and-snarl, "Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou be like unto him :" and again, "Answer a fool according to his folly lest he be wise in his ovvn conceit." — In replying to thy scurrilous discourse, I shall endeavor to regulate myself by... | |
 | 1838 - 380 pàgines
...Solomon gives us what might at first seem conflicting pieces of advice, (Prov. xxvi. 4, 5,) "Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him." And again, " Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit." Thus, whether... | |
 | Robert Boyle - 1835 - 350 pàgines
...his own making,8) engaged me, in conformity to the wise man's counsel in such cases, to ' answer the fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit :'3 for my reproofs are addressed to those called wits, but as they are traducers or undervalues of... | |
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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. 
