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" Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise : and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. "
On the Wing - Page 283
by Samuel Augustus Steel - 1896 - 312 pages
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The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments and the ..., Volume 7

1611 - 360 pages
...equity. He that hath knowledge spareth his words: And a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted...shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. THROUGH desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh And intermeddleth with all wisdom. A fool hath...
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Sacred hours; or, Extracts for private devotion & meditation, Volume 1

Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...uprightly. He that hath knowledge spareth his words; and a man ot understanding is of an excellent spirit. Even a fool when he holdeth his peace is counted wise...shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise...
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The Proper Names of the Bible, New Testament, and Apocrypha ... to which is ...

John Robinson (Schoolmaster) - Names in the Bible - 1804 - 190 pages
...hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. Even a _/0<?/, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise : and he...shutteth. his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. The words of a man's -mouth are as deep waters •+ and the wellspring of v/udom as a flowing brooK....
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A Short and Plain Exposition of the Old Testament: With Devotional ..., Volume 5

Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 476 pages
...dispassionate , and not easily provoked, ¿sa mark vf wisdom and an excellent spirit. %8 Even a i'ool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise : [and]...shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding ; lite csncealmcnt of folly is -wisdom, and sometime* window uttered is folly ; men's abilities are...
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A Short and Plain Exposition of the Old Testament: With Devotional ..., Volume 5

Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 474 pages
...to be calm, dispassionate, and not easily provoked, is a mark of wisdom and an excellent sfiirit. 38 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise : [and] lie that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding ; the concealment of folly is -wisdom,...
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The mute Christian under the smarting rod, with sovereign antidotes for ...

Thomas Brooks - 1806 - 270 pages
...word it, neither as they would nor as they should, they are so wise as to be mute, Prov. xvii. 28. " Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted...shutteth his lips, is esteemed a man of understanding." As he cannot be wise that speaks much, so he cannot be known for a fool that says nothing. There are...
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The works of ... Joseph Hall, with some account of his life and ..., Volume 10

Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 504 pages
...concealeth knowledge, and a man of understanding will keep silence, which as it argues him wise, (for even a fool, when he holdeth his peace is counted wise ; and he, that stoppcth his lips, as prudent J so it gives him much safety : He, that keepeth his mouth and his tongue,...
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The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments; Together with the ...

1809 - 1150 pages
...He that hath knowledge spareth his words : and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit 28 ine hand now, and touch all that he hath, aud he will curse thee to thy face. 12 it esteemed a man of understanding. CHAP. XVIII. THROUGH desire a man, having separated himself, sceketh...
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The works of ... William Huntington ... to the close of the year MDCCCVI.

William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 462 pages
...never counterfeit them, nor disprove them. Such a man may be counted wise while he keeps silence; " even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted...shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding." Wisdom is too high for him, Prov. xxiv. 7; therefore if he meddle with it, he layeth open his folly....
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Proverbs: Chiefly Taken from the Adagia of Erasmus, with ..., Volume 2

Proverbs - 1814 - 262 pages
...venturing their opinion, and -" wisely keep the fool within," in which they shew a commendable prudence ; " even a fool when he holdeth his peace, is counted...shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding." " Parla poco, ascolto assai, et non fallirai," speak little and attend .to what falls from others,...
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