| Gilbert Gerard - 1823 - 462 Seiten
...46, n. Prov. xxvi. 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 in his own conceit." Contradictory — no reason — Syr. " According to thine own wisdom" So Chald. inSisO repeated... | |
| John Locke - 1823 - 454 Seiten
...degradation that human nature could well sink itself to. . Hence, says the wise man, Prov. xxvi. 5, " Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit :" hereby showing, that self-conceitedness is a degree beneath ordinary folly. And therefore... | |
| John Locke - 1823 - 446 Seiten
...degradation that human nature could well sink itself to. Hence, says the wise man, Prov. xxvi. 5, " Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit :" hereby showing, that self-conceitedness is a degree beneath ordinary folly. And therefore... | |
| Philip Skelton - 1824 - 1090 Seiten
...them before the feet of the ignorant and unwary ; and were we not commanded, on some occasions, ' to answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.' The gods, mentioned in these mistaken passages, are no other than such as the vine in the... | |
| John Locke - 1824 - 522 Seiten
...silver. — Prov. xxv. 11. 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. — Prov. xxvi. 4, 5. Let another man praise thee, not thine own mouth : a stranger, not thine... | |
| Philip Skelton - 1824 - 562 Seiten
...them before the feet of the ignorant and unwary ; and were we not commanded, on some occasions, ' to answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.' The gods, mentio'ned in these mistaken passages, are no other than such as the vine in the... | |
| Andrew Fuller - 1825 - 528 Seiten
...to sow. Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest them aUo be like unto him. — Proy. xxvi. 1. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. — Pror. x\vi. 5. A " FOOL," in the sense of scripture, means a wicked man, or one who acts... | |
| William Carpenter - 1825 - 630 Seiten
...harmless as doves, Matt. x. 16. Answer not a fool according to hie folly, lest thou abo be like unto him. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own coneeit, Frov. xxvi. 4, 5. Then said J esus unto them, I will ask you one thing ; Is it lawful on the... | |
| Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 Seiten
...for the fool's back. 4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto Jiim. 5 pH 0 conceit. 6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool, cutteth off the feet mill drinketh damage.... | |
| Andrew Fuller - 1825 - 536 Seiten
...sow. Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest than also be like »nt» him. — Prov. \xvi- 4. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own con•ceit. — Prov. xxvi. 6. A " POOL," in the sense of scripture, means a wicked man, <ir one who... | |
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