...of these and the like exhortations, dread the threatening of this wise man, who also declares, that the eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth...shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. But if parents, through fondness or want of judgment, take off the restraint, and remove the bar that...

...now been accomplished on you, I'rov . i\ii. 17. " The eye that mockelh at his father, and rcfusetb to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out and the young eagles shall eat it. What revenge ana malice have you been guilty of towards your iieighbours ? How have you indulged this...

...hearts and tongues of men, kindled from hell, and sufficient to set on fire the course of nature t. Ver. 17- The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens rif the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. Agur, as well as Solomon, insists...

...Absalom. But let each mark the beginnings of evil ; especially of revenge, pride, and unfilial conduct. " The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth...shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it." (Prov. xxx. 17.) Never forget the responsibilities that attend a religious training. If you perish,...

...of your eyes," — that " for all these things God will bring yon into judgment." (Eccleg. xi. 9.) " The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth...shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it." (Prov. x \\. 17.) If yon pursue the paths of impiety, your condemnation will be unspeakably aggravated...

...that mock their parents ? Proverbs, xxx. 17; A. The eye that mocketh at his father, and desp^isetli to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. Q. 84. Should children hearkento the advice of their parents ? Proverbs, xxiii. 22. A. Hearken unto...

...that brooks were tlie resort of that species of bird, called in Scripture Oreb, and rendered raven. " The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the bronk, or torrent, (Vru-'3iy)corr?z torrentis, (Buxtorf,) shall pick it out." We have dwelt the longer...

...defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of 'dignities. Prov. xxx. 17. The eye that mocheth at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pluck it out. 2 Cor. xii. 15. And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you '. though the more...

...recognized to exist at the period of his writing. [Jolliffe's Letters from Palestine.] X. — PROVERBS, xxx. 17. " The eye that mocketh at his father, and...shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it." We have been credibly informed by a person who was present in that dreadful conflict, in which so many...

...take them away. There is a passage in the Bible that seems to be of this sort, where it is said, " The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth...shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it *." This infantine doctrine respecting the punishment of misdemeanour, is succeeded 'by another, which,...