...almost every thing ; scarcely ever intimates that there is a probability that he can be mistaken; ' is wiser, in his own conceit, than seven men that can render a reason.' True piety is uniformly modest and unassuming. When ' Ephraim spake tremblingly, he exalted himself...

...Yet it 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 I...

...slothful hideth his hand in his bosom ; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. 16 The sluggard u wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. 17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that tiketh a dog...

...pained at his folly, and use every argument which bids fair to reclaim him ; but all in vain, for " the sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that can render a reason." They point out in the plainest manner his hazard, and the risk which he runs. They warn him of the...

...idleness, but to all the other sins, which he can conveniently practise. • The Sluggard, says Solomon, is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men, that can render a reason. From this miserable vanity, of which their deplorable mismanagement of their own affairs ought to cure...

...becomes so depraved -by the influence of sloth, that he is even not ashamed to advocate its cause : " the sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that can render a reason." -j- Listen again to the warning voice of Solomon ; " love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty : open...

...bed. 15 The slothful hideth his hand in Ma bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. 16 en of the LORD your God : ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness betw 17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog...

...rescued from admiring ourselves, and that overweening self-conceitedness, of which the wise man saith, " The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason." It is a calling whereby we are qualified and enabled to do God service ; to gratify his desires, to...

...• 15 The sluggard hideth bis hand in the dish ; It wearies him to bring it to his month again. 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, Than seven men that can return a discreet answer. 17 As he that taketh by the ears a dog that passeth by ; So is he that meddleth...

...productive of such mischiefs, may not the sluggard be reasoned into another kind of behaviour ? Ver 16. The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. He reckons himself wiser than all the seven wise men of Greece put together. The wisdom of Chalcol...