 | Isaac Barrow - 1831 - 538 pages
...cometh more incapable of wisdom than a mere idiot; so did Solomon observe, ' Seest thou,' said he, ' a man wise in his own conceit ? there is more hope of a fool than of him :' of a fool that is sensible of his ignorance, there may be hope, that he may by instruction... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1832 - 330 pages
...low ; but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit s He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? There is more hope of a fool than of him. 9 A proud look doth the Lord hate; and every one that is proud in heart is an abomination... | |
 | John Mitchell Mason - 1832 - 462 pages
...and he will be yet wiser ; teach a jusl man, and he will increase in learning, (Prov. ix. 9.) But, seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? there is more hope of -a fool than of him, (xxvi. 12.) The "principalities and powers in heavenly places," were no novices in the... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 664 pages
...with the context, is this : The condition of a fool is, as you have seen, awful in the extreme : but " seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? there is more hope of a fool than of him." This is a solemn delaration, and worthy of the deepest attention. Let us consider it,... | |
 | William Robinson (Baptist Minister.) - 1832 - 200 pages
...formed relative to his future attainments. This sentiment is sanctioned by the wise king of Israel — " Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit, there is more hope of a fool than of him,'' and all experience verifies its correctness. The most ! effectual way of obtaining scriptural... | |
 | John Relly Beard - 1831 - 492 pages
...There is no quality more engaging and attractive in youth than modesty. What says the wisest of men ? " Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? There is more hope of a fool than of him." An individual's modest opinion of himself, is atolerable accnrate test of his real merit... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 578 pages
...whosoever shall »wear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor. Mat. xxiii. 16, iff. Seest thou • ilee. And Jesus went into the temp,' and went forth to mee than of him. /'• . xxvi. 12. Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...own lips. 12 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory, is not glory. 13 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? there is more hope of a fool than of him. 14 By humility and fear of the Lord are riches and honour and life. 15 The fear of the... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1834 - 438 pages
...insight into the real condition of the children of Adam in the present state of being. Solomon says, " Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? there is more hope of a fool than of him" (Prov. xxvi. 12) ; and, undoubtedly, there is nothing which, from the beginning of time... | |
 | Parsons Cooke - 1834 - 262 pages
...is no soil more fit for Universalist cultivation, than that composed of ignorance and self-conceit. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit, there is more hope of a fool than of him. As soon as the suggestion thpt there is no judgment begins to work, the pride of reason... | |
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Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. 
