... now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, "Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. Tracts of the Anglican fathers - Page 265de Anglican fathers - 1842Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| Samuel Sharpe - 1858 - 324 pages
...strong, but time and chance happeneth to them all" (ix, 11). Even wisdom seems of little value when the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard (ix, 16). Nevertheless, actions are followed by their natural consequences, and " Whoso breaketh a... | |
| 1858 - 416 pages
...no man remembered that : same poor man. Then said I, wisdom is better than strength : nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is ! despised, and his words are not heard." My friends, such things ought not to 'be. This " poor wise man " — COMMON SCHOOLS — will deliver... | |
| Robert South - 1859 - 602 pages
...a little city, with few men in it, besieged by a great and potent king, and in the fifteenth verse, we read, that " there was found in it a poor wise..." the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words arc not heard." We may believe it upon Solomon's word, who was rich as well as wise, and therefore... | |
| John Ramsay McCulloch - 1859 - 618 pages
...remembered that same poor man. Then said I, wisdom is belter than strength : nevertheless (or altho') the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. The passage is as follows ; (viz.') " I shall only pro" pose the two following questions : " First,... | |
| Carl Heinrich von Bogatzky - 1859 - 396 pages
...; yet no man remembered that poor man. Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength i nevertheless, the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. Wisdom is better than weapons of war. When he that is a fool wallceth by the way, his wisdom faileth... | |
| James William Gilbart - 1859 - 654 pages
...upon the social rank of the party who offered it : " Wisdom is better than strength ; nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard." The public, too, had been so long accustomed to private banking, that, seeing the manager paid by a... | |
| 1859 - 980 pages
...man renieiuIrered that same poor man. 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength : nevertheless 17 The words of wise тел are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that mleth among fools. 18... | |
| Joshua Noble Danforth - 1860 - 192 pages
...yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then, said I, Wisdom is better than strength; nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard." " Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth much good." (Eccl. 9 : 15.) May the... | |
| 1860 - 1346 pages
...no man remembered that same poor man. 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength : nevertheless ety > ransom. 25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: h 17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. 18 Wisdom... | |
| James Brown (of Selkirk) - 1862 - 172 pages
...ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts 1 2— JAMES ii. 2, 3, 4. The poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. — ECCLES. ix. 16. When a rich man speaketh, every man holdeth his tongue,3 and look, what he saith,... | |
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