 | Thomas Bradbury - 1877 - 640 Seiten
...Ghost. Now turn with me to Prov. xvii. 28 : " Even a fool when he holdeth his peace is counted wise, and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding." See, here we have silence, quietness, ami peace of the fool. Then if you turn over to 1 Kings xxi.... | |
 | 1877 - 998 Seiten
...mistaken for the wisdom we have in view — for " even a fool when he holdeth his peace is counted wise; and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding" — is quite distinct from it, and may be very soon, and with little skill, distinguished. No ! The... | |
 | Robert Shelton Bate - 1878 - 370 Seiten
...man of understanding is of excellent spirit. Even a fool when he holdeth his peace is counted wise : and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding " (Prov. xvii. 27, 28). Also the words of the Son of Sirach, "Be swift to hear, and if thou hast understanding,... | |
 | David Philip Lindsley - 1878 - 140 Seiten
...he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung. Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise ; and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established. The Lord hath made all things... | |
 | Christopher Ridley Pearson - 1880 - 214 Seiten
...helpless child, I was in my mother's arms. " Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise : and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding." — xvii. 28 (x. 19, contr. xv. 2 with xxix. n). Interpretation. — This proverb follows upon commendation... | |
 | John Petch Hewby - 1880 - 88 Seiten
...restrain." — Pope. The wisest man who ever lived says " he that holdeth his peace is counted wise, and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding." Such a reputation appears cheap at the price — but if you are of the opinion of JP Robinson that... | |
 | William Fraser Rae - 1881 - 334 Seiten
...that we are assured in Solomon's Proverbs that even a fool when he holdeth his peace is counted wise, and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding." He thinks it imperative that a good member of Parliament should be a wellinstructed man, " it being... | |
 | 1881 - 406 Seiten
...often lies in the mastery.over the tongue: "Even the fool,when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; and he that shutteth his lips, is esteemed a man of understanding." A mere numbskull, by saying nothing, has more than once impressed the awestricken circle around him... | |
 | William Fraser Rae - 1881 - 326 Seiten
...that we are assured in Solomon's Proverbs that even a fool when he holdeth his peace is counted wise, and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding." He thinks it imperative that a good member of Parliament should be a wellinstructed man, " it being... | |
 | William Fraser Rae - 1882 - 150 Seiten
...that we are assured in Solomon's Proverbs that even a fool when he holdeth his peace is counted wise, and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding." He thinks it imperative that a good member of Parliament should be a wellinstructed man, " it being... | |
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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. 
