 | Samuel Davidson - 1843 - 784 pages
...not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him." Prov. xxvi. 5. " Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit." The fool is not to be answered according to his folly, ie in his own foolish, impertinent manner, because,... | |
 | 1841 - 1136 pages
...bock. 4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 5 Answer a fool feet, and the palms of her hands. 36 Wherefore they came a 0 He that sendelh a message by Ihe hand of a fool cutteth oft' the feet, and drinketh damage. 7 The... | |
 | London St. Giles, Cripplegate - 1844 - 712 pages
...humbled. I take the wise man as directing us to this method with this sort of men : " Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit." (Prov. xxvi. 5.) According to his folly, that is, according as his folly does deserve ; answer him... | |
 | Thomas Manton - 1845 - 624 pages
...scorn. " 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). Answer and answer not ; not out of curiosity, as Herod questioned Christ many things,... | |
 | 1845 - 652 pages
...to his folly, immediately added the command, that under other circumstances, we must " answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit' The Puritans were not fools as regarded mere learning, and knew well enough long ago the common arguments... | |
 | Albert Welles - 1845 - 294 pages
...XXVI, 4 — 5. ANSWER NOT n FOOL ACCORDING TO HIS FOLLY, LEST THOU ALSO BE LIKE HIM. ANSWER A FOOL ACCORDING TO HIS FOLLY, LEST HE BE WISE IN HIS OWN CONCEIT. READER: — The prohibition contained in the first verse of our text, needs little explanation. It... | |
 | Charles Bridges - 1847 - 574 pages
...ruin. 4. Answer not a fix,I according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. b. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. We are forbidden, yet commanded — to answer a fool. The reason however attached to each rule explains... | |
 | Edward Vernon Childe - 1847 - 138 pages
...folly, lest we also be like unto him." But as in the following verse we are allowed to "Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit," I trust your correspondent will not take it amiss if I prove by his own words, and others not less... | |
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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. 
