conceit. eyes.
Two sides of a truth. To “answer a fool according to his folly” is in Proverbs 26:4 to bandy words with him, to descend to his level of coarse an...
Answer a fool (b) according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. (b) Reprove him as the matter requires.
The Book of Fools. A section containing a series of synthetic couplets dealing with folly (except Proverbs 26:2 ). The text is unusually corrupt a...
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Answer not a fool, &c.— They who choose to review antiquity, in its antique garb, will observe, that had the folly of these fools been only of...
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own co...
Fools. Sluggards. Talkers 1-12. The vv. refer chiefly to fools.
Answer a fool according to his folly. — As his folly deserves, sharply and decisively, and in language suited to his comprehension.
CHAPTER 27 THE FOOL "As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool…A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and...
Verse Proverbs 26:2 . Therefore, if the heart knows that a curse is unjust it may rest in the certainty that it cannot harm. Verses Proverbs 26:3...
Answer a fool according to his folly ,.... The Targum is, "but speak with a fool in thy wisdom;'' and the Syriac version, "yea, speak with a fool...
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. Ver. 5. Answer a fool according to his folly. ] Cast in somewhat that ma...
Answer not a fool , &c. Answer a fool , &c. These contrary directions are easily reconciled, by considering the difference of persons, time...
THIS SECONDCHAPTER of the series is clearly the Exodus section, the work of the enemy manifesting itself in various forms of opposition to the truth,...
4 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...
According to his folly; so as his folly needs and requires, convincing him strongly, reproving him sharply, exposing him to just shame, and correct...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 26:3 . To our English ideas, the whip and bridle are assigned respectively to the wrong animals, but it must be remembe...
Proverbs 26:1 . As snow in summer, which beats down the fruits; and as rain in harvest, which causes the corn to shoot in the ear; so is honour...
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool Honour paid to the wicked unseemly and pernicious The respect wh...
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back. Aspects of a fool Sin is folly. It sacrifices the spiritual for the...
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him Answering a fool according to his folly The ambiguity in these verse...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 26:1-20 Certain proverbs concerning the fool ( kesil ), with the exception, perhaps, of Proverbs 26:2 (see on Prov...
Concerning Fools and Sluggards
Answer a fool according to his folly, a sharp and decisive answer being framed to meet foolish remarks, lest he be wise in his own conceit, filled...
1 Kings 22:24-28 ; Isaiah 5:21 ; Jeremiah 36:17 ; Jeremiah 36:18 ; John 8:7 ; John 9:26-33 ; Luke 12:13-21 ; Luke 13:23-30 ; Matthew 15:1-3...
According — So as his folly needs and requires, convincing him strongly, reproving him sharply, and exposing him to just shame.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.a