...depart from him. It is as sport to a fool to do mischief ; but a man of understanding hath wisdom. He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him. ALL sin is folly, but the wise man seems here especially to refer to what is now usually...

...own conceit. 12 Before destruction the heart, of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. 13 0 Lot go<t/i to wicked ¿iodum. 14 God reneieeth the promise to shume unto him. 14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?...

...like the master of a house, which bringeth out of his treasury things new and old." PBOV. xviii. 13. "He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him." [FIRST PUBLISHED 1643, 1644.] TO THE PARLIAMENT OF ENGLAND, WITH THE ASSEMBLY. IF...

...do we engage ourselves into the commission of so palpable injustice ; yea, of so disgraceful folly ? for, He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is (saith the Wise Man) a folly and shame unto him." This caution excludeth rash judgment, from which...

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...Barrister of the Middle Temple,* is indicated by the aphorism of Solomon, quoted in its title-page, — " He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame * London : James Nisbet & Co. 1841. 18mo., pp. 116. unto him." The work is an expostulation with...

...afterwards. In falling into this mistake, however, he but proves the wisdom of Solomon's declaration — " He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him."— (Prov. xviii. 13.) The passages he has noticed, will in due time, be introduced...

...afterwards. In falling into this mistake, however, he but proves the wisdom of Solomon's declaration — " He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him." — (Prov. xviii. 13.) The passages he has noticed, will in due time, be introduced...

...wrath." (xxi. 24.) Are we tempted to give hasty judgments on insufficient grounds 1 We are taught, " He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him." (xviii. 13.) Is our wrath easily excited and soon expressed ? We are told, " A fool's...

...praise of God. Be not rash, wait the end, and then ye shall be allowed to judge : Prov. xviii. 13, " He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him." But why should ye judge of the web of providence ere it be wrought out ? 3. Fret not...