...said to repent. (Gen. vi. 6; Judges ii. 18 ; Joel ii. 14.) Solomon, in one of his proverbs, says, " Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him ; " and immediately adds, "Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own...

...considered that the Eastern asses are not only much more beautiful, but better goers than ours; and being 4 Answer, not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 6Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. manageable, and...

...causeless shall not come. 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. 4 , »od my judgments; which if a man do, he shall live in them ; unto him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. 6 He that sendeth...

...direct opposition. Thin, 1 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit,' and, ' Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest...contain, really or by perversion, elements suited to the worsor side of human nature. False generalisations, and assumptions of the converse, are favourite...

...direct opposition. Thus, ' Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he biwise in his own conceit,' and, ' Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest...but malignity ; and what is so popular must needs .outrun, really or by perversion, elements suited to the worser side of human nature. False generalisations,...

...ears of a fool, lest when he hear thee he should despise the wisdom of thy words ;" 2 and again, " Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him."3 And we are, moreover, bidden to keep what is holy within our own knowledge, and not expose...

...caution is previously given, as if the Spirit desired us to mark the priority of its importance : " Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him " (Prov. xxvi. 4, 5) — like unto him in spirit and temper, allowing your zeal for the right...

...one's measure, and the standard of Scripture with what must ever be beyond us. I remember the words, " Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him." But these speculations on the person of the Son of God began in other quarters. The ark...

...you, because you refused to hear the voice of the rod and Him that hath appointed it."* Verses 4, 5. "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 iu his own conceit." In these two verses,...

...another page we should be in doubt which of the two contradictory counsels of the Wise Man to follow : 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. As we certainly...