| 1827 - 590 pages
...tell us, respecting the choice of our companions ? A. Give up their friendship. A. Prov. xiii. 20. " He that walketh with wise men shall be wise : but a companion of fools shall be destroyed." Taken from Dr. Watts's Hymns for Children, with Questions and Answers, by a Lady. (Rivingtont.) OF... | |
| 1827 - 292 pages
...our present and future happiness or misery, than our chosen companions, as I have before observed. " He that walketh with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed." 3. This prudence should appear in using mature deliberation in affairs of importance. It is too visible,... | |
| 1827 - 112 pages
...our present nnd future happiness or misery, than our chosen companions, as I have before observed. " He that •walketh with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed." culty of the affair, and the limits of time it will admit of. If the case will allow of it, take a... | |
| Nathaniel Lardner - 1827 - 638 pages
...to your virtue, or a blot to your reputation. " He that walketh with wise persons," saith Solomon, " shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed," Prov. xiii. 20. 3.) In the third place I shall mention some observations concerning more intimate friendships and private... | |
| 1827 - 566 pages
...estimate pleasure aright. Weigh well the characters with which you intimately associate. ' He that walkcth with wise men, shall be wise ; but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.' " RESOUnCES Of THE ADVERSARY, AM> MEANS OF THEIH DESTIUTTIO,N. Л Sermon preached at Jv'nu York, October... | |
| William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...xii. 8.11.15,16.23. The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death, &c. He that walketh with wise men shall be wise : but...companion of fools shall be destroyed. — Prov. xiii. 14. 16. 20. " The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, &c. fools make a mock of sin, &c.... | |
| John March Putnam - 1828 - 200 pages
...separate compound sentences, and requires about double the pause that is required at a comma ; as, He that walketh with wise men shall be wise ; but a companion of fools, shall be destroyed. Philosophers assert, that nature is unlimited in her operations . that she has inexhaustible treasure... | |
| George Merriam - 1828 - 282 pages
...chameleons, who take a tincture from the objects which surround us. And a greater than he has said ; — He that walketh with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. We are, by the very constitution of our nature, creatures of imitation. We instinctively and necessarily... | |
| 1822 - 688 pages
...; them he esteemed the excellent of the earth, and in them was his delight. Solomon has observed, " he that walketh with wise men, shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed." If you have not virtue enough to shun bad company, you certainly have not virtue enough to be safe... | |
| 1828 - 1042 pages
...The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul : but // is abomination to fools to depart from evil. 20 ready writer. 2 Thou art fairer than the children of men : grace is poured into thy lips 21 Evil pursueth sinners : but to the righteous good shall be repaid. Of sundry moral virtues, CHAP.... | |
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