[177] Prov. xi. 1.

[178] Prov. x. 31.

[179] Prov. xvi. 21, misquoted, or the text is corrupt; “The wise in heart shall be called prudent,” A.V.

[180] For the use of knowledge in this connection, Philo, Sextus Empiricus, and Zeno are quoted.

[181] Deut. xxxi. 5.

[182] “These words are more like Philo Judæus, i. 740, than those of Moses, Deut. xx. 5–7.”—Potter.

[183] Prov. x. 7.

[184] Prov. xi. 7, viii. 17.

[185] Prov. ix. 30.

[186] Prov. xix. 23.