| 1611 - 360 pages
...fool, and rewardeth transgressors. As a dog returneth to his vomit, So a fool returneth to his folly. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him. The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way ; A lion is in the streets. As the... | |
| 1851 - 592 pages
...and there is a humiliating truth recorded fur our instruction in the word of God: 'Seest thou aman wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool th<m of him.'" We are not quite sure of our author's meaning in the following passage :— " Another... | |
| Francis Gastrell - Bible - 1804 - 376 pages
...the humble in Sp:'it. ' He that is of a proud H'\ '. fttrreth up Strife. Seeft thou a Man wife in uis own Conceit ? There is more hope of a Fool than of him. ' A proud Look doth the Lord hate ; and every one that is proud in Heart is an Abomination to the Lord.... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 474 pages
...for ii>hich he formerly smarted and professed to refient of, 12 and so becomes odious to God and num. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him, that is, of one that has hardly common sense ; he is afoot IS of (tod's making, the otlie"... | |
| Children - 530 pages
...this error is yet to be named; it is a bar ;to spiritual improvement. " Seest thou," says Solomon, "a man wise in his own conceit ; there is more hope of a fool than of him." " Surely he scorneth the scorners, but he giveth grace uato the lowly"— the humiliating... | |
| Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1807 - 550 pages
...There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. xxvi. 1 2. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit, there is more hope of a fool than of him. Ver. 1 6. The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that can render a reason.... | |
| James Beresford - English wit and humor - 1807 - 332 pages
...frontispiece, STULTIFERA MAVIS, Qua omnium Mortalium narratur stultina. THE SHIP OF FOOLS. jErae Perennius. A Whip for the Horse, a Bridle for the Ass, and a Rod for the Fools Back. Printed for William Miller, Albemark Strtef. fcir. JUL ... | |
| Sir Richard Colt Hoare - Ireland - 1807 - 474 pages
...STULTIFERA NAV1S; Qua omnium mortalium narratur Stultilia, THE MODERN SHIP OF FOOLS. jERE PERENNIUS. A Whip for the Horse, a Bridle for the Ass, and a Rod for the Fool'i Back. SOLOMON. NB This Work is printed elegantly in Foolscap Octavo, price Eight Shillings,... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 512 pages
...Bkely to get good of any in the world. Experience shews the truth of that, Prov. xxvi. 12....Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? There is more hope of a fool than of him." To this some may object, that the Psalmist, When we must suppose that he was in a holy... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 514 pages
...likely to get good of any in the world. Experience shews tlie truth of that, Prov. xxvi. 12....Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? There is more hope of a fool than of To thrs some may object, that the Psalmist, when we must suppose that he was in a holy frame,... | |
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