 | John Milton - 1825 - 794 sidor
...arrogance. Prov. xx. 6. most men will proclaim every one his own goodness, xxvi. 16. the sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that can render a reason. James iii. 1. be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. Secondly,... | |
 | John Wesley - 1827 - 590 sidor
...said, Yet if is needful in some cases, to ' answer a fool according to his folly.' otherwise he will be ' wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that can render a reason.' I therefore constrained myself to approach as near as I dared, to his own manner of writing. And 1... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 sidor
...in his bosom; Jit jjj-jl*-** grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. wary. 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. 17 He that passeth by, and $ meddleth with strife belong- « or, «,«. ing not to him, is like one... | |
 | John Ryland - 1826 - 388 sidor
...slothful hideth his hand in his bosom, it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that can render a reason. MAN is formed for a life of activity. Moderate labor conduces to the health of the body ; and the exercise... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 sidor
...Eccles. x. 18. As the door turneth upon its hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed,&c. The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that can render a reason. — Prov. xxvi. 14. 16. He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1829 - 588 sidor
...or from those who are under it. Fools are not sensible of their folly. Solomon says, " The fool is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that can render a reason."* The most barbarous and brutish heathens are not sensible of their own darkness ; are not sensible but that... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 sidor
...yield ; surrender ; exhibit a surrender. Will ye renibr me a recompense'! foel iii. 4. The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. Prtmrbs. I heard Mm speak of that same brother. And be did render him the most unnatural That lived... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 588 sidor
...or from those who are under it. Fools are not sensible of their folly. Solomon says, " The fool is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that can render a reason."* The most barbarous and brutish heathens are not sensible of their own darkness ; are not sensible but that... | |
 | William Hamilton - 1830 - 172 sidor
...farther that they can learn. '* The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: and even a sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason." Let me, therefore, earnestly entreat all who peruse these pages, seriously to examine the foundation... | |
 | 1830 - 424 sidor
...taught to hear and read only on one side. It is the confidence of the sluggard mentioned by Soloman, ' wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.' Besides, we hold that all true liberality is founded in a proper distrust of our own judgment ; in... | |
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The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. 
