 | James Foote - 1849 - 674 pages
...studieth to answer." — "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." Sometimes one plan is to be followed, and sometimes another. " Walk in wisdom toward them... | |
 | Joseph Belcher - Clergy - 1849 - 490 pages
...that time by being a peace-maker." A YOUNG MINISTER IN THE WEST. SOLOMON recommends us sometimes to " answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit." The principles laid down by infidels are often, when properly applied, made to appear supremely... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - Christianity - 1858 - 580 pages
...dealing with a fool — "Answer a fool not according to his folly, lest thou be like unto him," and " Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit." We must adopt one or other of these methods, according to circumstances ; and if any nation... | |
 | Joseph Frederick Berg - 1850 - 106 pages
...through the darkness of the past, than any man can trace a Protestant Church ; and it is only answering a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit, when we condescend to this seeking of the living among the dead. Where was the circulation... | |
 | Witness Lee - Bible - 1995 - 172 pages
...rod for the back of fools! Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence. Like the legs... | |
 | Religion - 1996 - 968 pages
...must call our attention to it and teach it to us?" In response, I will follow the Wise Man's counsel, "Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes" (Mishlei 26:5), and say: Anyone who asks such a nViap .crpVm D'ra •?» y»aa nx .VVisn pjyn '? .D^Vm... | |
 | William Riley Parker - Poets, English - 1996 - 708 pages
...printer's nor bookseller's name on its title page— only 'Printed in the Year, 1645' and the motto: 'Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit' (Proverbs xxvi. 5). It began with a few words for Mr. Prynne, whose heedless reference to... | |
 | Roland H. Worth - Religion - 1997 - 298 pages
...absurdity, of the situation would be apparent to all.'6 An Old Testament adage would spring to mind: "Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes" (Prv. 26:5). Such an individual would be walking in the footsteps of the proverbist. (Though the preceding... | |
 | William Gordon Braude, Israel James Kapstein - Religion - 1997 - 598 pages
...Ginzberg in 07". p. 271, n. 57). 16. The word iwwelel, "folly," is here equated with "ignorance." JV: Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. 17. The implication: your failure to teach Torah will reduce your own understanding of it. JV: Ansuer... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 666 pages
...WALLACE STEVENS, (1879-1955) US poet. "The Emperor of Ice-Cream, " Harmonium (1923). Fools and Follies 1 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. BIBLE: HEBREW, Proverbs, 26:5. 2 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his... | |
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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. 
