A Short and Plain Exposition of the Old Testament: With Devotional and Practical Reflections, for the Use of Families, Volume 5S. Etheridge, 1805 - Bible |
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... labour , that is , by honest industry , shall increase ; it will wear well . 12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick but [ when ] the desire cometh , [ it is ] a tree of life ; the most desirable thing in the world . This should teach us ...
... labour , that is , by honest industry , shall increase ; it will wear well . 12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick but [ when ] the desire cometh , [ it is ] a tree of life ; the most desirable thing in the world . This should teach us ...
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... labours that a life of busi- ness exposes men to . There is a good equivalent in the increase of their substance . Guard therefore against that excessive deli- cacy , which makes men neglect their proper duty because of some 5 ...
... labours that a life of busi- ness exposes men to . There is a good equivalent in the increase of their substance . Guard therefore against that excessive deli- cacy , which makes men neglect their proper duty because of some 5 ...
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... labour there is profit : but the talk of the lips [ tendeth ] only to penury : a man had better employ himself in the meanest labours , than go talking about , wast- ing his own time and that of others in impertinence and folly . Some ...
... labour there is profit : but the talk of the lips [ tendeth ] only to penury : a man had better employ himself in the meanest labours , than go talking about , wast- ing his own time and that of others in impertinence and folly . Some ...
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... labour and industry diving into what is secret by surmises and suspicions : and in his lips [ there is ] as a burning fire ; his lying , slanderous 28 speeches are very mischievous . A froward man soweth strife where there is love and ...
... labour and industry diving into what is secret by surmises and suspicions : and in his lips [ there is ] as a burning fire ; his lying , slanderous 28 speeches are very mischievous . A froward man soweth strife where there is love and ...
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... labour : [ therefore ] shall he beg in harvest , and [ have ] 5 nothing when others have plenty . Counsel in the heart of man [ is like ] deep water ; but a man of understanding will draw it out by prudent discourse and diligent ...
... labour : [ therefore ] shall he beg in harvest , and [ have ] 5 nothing when others have plenty . Counsel in the heart of man [ is like ] deep water ; but a man of understanding will draw it out by prudent discourse and diligent ...
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Page 268 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 109 - It was but a little that I passed from them, But I found him whom my soul loveth : I held him, and would not let him go, Until I had brought him into my mother's house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me.
Page 128 - Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar : and he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips ; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
Page 121 - AND in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel : only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
Page 213 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 270 - Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
Page 188 - Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men...
Page 253 - For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: For as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth ; So have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
Page 246 - I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy?
Page 109 - For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.