 | 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... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...sport ? Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein : and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. He thatjustifieth... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 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"... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 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.... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 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 - 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,... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...fool, and rewarded! transgressors. 11 As a dog retumeth to his vomit, so a fool reurneth to his folly. 12 Seest thou a man wise in his OWN conceit ? there is more hope of a fool th;j of hjnv 13 The slolliful man saith, There is a i,on in the way : a lion in in the streets. 14... | |
 | David Simpson - 1809 - 410 pages
...recommending to his attention, and that of his friends, another of this Jewish king's witty sayings: " Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him !" Many other jcstsf . uttered by this sagacious monarch, are equally funny with these... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 pages
...haughty spirit before a fall. Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be truly wise. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? There is more hope of a fool than of him. He that is slow to anger, is better than the mighty, and he that ruleth his spirit, than... | |
 | George Campbell - 1810 - 360 pages
...our own discernment and acuteness, than which I know not a more unteachable quality in any pupil. " Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ; there is more hope of a fool than of him." As this disposition of humbleness of mind leads to a modest diffidence of oneself, it... | |
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Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. 
