 | Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 620 pages
...is crooked Vol.. II. 8 L cannot be made straight : and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. — In much wisdom is much grief ; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." This description of the grief and sorrrow which accompany the labours of those who make extensive acquirements... | |
 | John Angell James - Children - 1827 - 186 pages
...had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit : for in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh." Will knowledge... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - Authors, English - 1828 - 492 pages
...rise, and for the most part only reached Greece from the East) is fully justified in asserting that 'in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.'* ' Life and immortality are brought to light (alone) by the gospel.'f This is a doctrine that cannot... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 pages
...know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. 18 For . 20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to cal CHAP. II. I SAID in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth ; therefore enjoy pleasure... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - Christian education - 1829 - 738 pages
...to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly, I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Eccles. i. 16 — 18. How infinitely superior are the true ends, the illumination of the mind with... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - Annotations (Provenance) - 1830 - 368 pages
...to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly, I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Eccles. i. 16—18. How infinitely superior are the true ends, the illumination of the mind with divine... | |
 | John Webster Morris - Baptists - 1830 - 342 pages
...vexation of spirit. 1 gave my heart to know wisdom : 1 perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. Some are pressing me to write more largely on the mediation of Christ ; and others, to review the second... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1830 - 618 pages
...to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow." But the delight which the sight of God affords to the -'Mil, brings no bitterness with it. there is... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1850 - 332 pages
...if it have not attained the knowledge of thee ? since, as the preacher hath most wisely observed, " In much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow," Eccles. i. 18. O then, set off my heart from affecting that knowledge whose end is sorrow, and fix... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1830 - 618 pages
...know wisdom, and to know madness and folly : 1 perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow." But the delight which the sight of God affords to the sonl, brings no bitterness with it, there is... | |
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And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. 
