 | Robert Mimpriss - 1849 - 606 pages
...them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.' ' HEARING TIII- j : — Pr. xviii. 13, ' shame unto him.' Blihu't conduct -•— Job xxxii. 6, ' And Elihu tlie soil of Barachel the Buzite... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1849 - 446 pages
...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 5. This caution excludeth rash judgment, from which... | |
 | 1850 - 632 pages
...defence is often worse than none. Be eure that you understand a matter before you decide upon it. " He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and a shame unto him." 16. If you shall fail of eminence in a life of piety, it will probably be as with most others, by inattention... | |
 | John Brown - 1850 - 682 pages
...judgments. Even when called to judge, we are not to decide till we have carefully examined the subject — " He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him." 2 We are not to be presumptuous in our judgments, pronouncing on things beyond our... | |
 | Jane Morris (fict.name.) - 1852 - 180 pages
...feeble defence is often worse than none. Be sure that you understand a matter before you decide upon it. "He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and a shame unto him." 16. If you shall fail of eminence in a life of piety, it will probably be as with most others, by inattention... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1852 - 588 pages
...censuring others before they have heard what they have to say in their defence. And hence it is said, " He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him," Proverbs xviii. 13. And the evil of that judging which is censorious, lies, in the... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1852 - 344 pages
...own conceit. 12. Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. 13. He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him. 14. The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; bnt a wounded spirit who can bear... | |
 | Richard Poole - 1852 - 216 pages
...they generally interfere with their reply before, to prevent their getting involved. Solomon says, " He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him." — Prov. xviii. 13. Disputing with such persons often does harm, hut very seldom... | |
 | 1853 - 688 pages
...defence is often worse than none. Be sure that you understand a matter before you decide upon it. ' hem.' Thus the preservation of the Jews was the propagation of the truth, and the p 16. If you shall fail of eminence in a life of piety, it will probably be as with most others, by inattention... | |
 | John [prose] Milton - 1853 - 540 pages
...v. 23, 27. " the heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips." xviii. 13. "he that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him." xix. 28. " an ungodly witness scorneth j udgement, and the mouth of the wicked devoure... | |
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He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him. 
