 | 1800 - 490 pāgines
...friend, aid. thou shall have the fewer enemies, and the fewer troubles, . Well did the wise man say, " Riches certainly make themselves wings, and fly away as an eagle towards heaven !" Prov. xiiiii. 5. And the royal Psalmist, " He gave them their fewest, bot sent Daftness irtta their... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 680 pāgines
...to preserve a sense of it. You had often before read that expostulation, Wilt thousct * Isa. ir. 4. thine eyes upon that which is not ? For riches certainly make themselves wings, and fty away as an eagle towards heaven *. But perhaps you never saw those wings spreading so wide, and... | |
 | William Laurence Brown - 1803 - 518 pāgines
...on which you value yourfelves fo highly ? Will you set your eyes on that which is not ? for ricbei certainly make themselves -wings, and fly away, as an eagle towards heaven j~. Confider the ftriking revolutions of human affairs, which' have come under your obfervation, whether... | |
 | John Robinson (Schoolmaster) - 1804 - 190 pāgines
...before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men. Labour not to be rich : cease, from thine own wisdom. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ? for riches certainly make themselves wings ; they fly away as an eagle towards heaven. Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye ; neither... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pāgines
...meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all. Labour not to be rich ; cease from thine own wisdom. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away, as an eagle toward heaven. For riches are not for ever : and doth the crown endure to... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 pāgines
...cease from thine own wisdom, which man firomfit thee to such a 5 dangerous and destructive conduct. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings ; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. Solomon, though a rich man, sfieaks of riches in a very... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pāgines
...his dainties : for they are deceitful meat. 4 Labour not to be rich : cease from thine own wisdom. 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ? for riches certainly make themselves wings ; they fly away as an eagle toward Ģeaven. 6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye,... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pāgines
...by all means, to restrain thy wanton appetite, if thou be a man given to please thy palate. XXIII. 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ? for riches certainly make themselves wmgs; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. XXIII. 6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an... | |
 | Samuel Stillman - 1808 - 426 pāgines
...in the abundance of the things that he possesseth ; for riches are extremely slippery : they often make themselves wings and fly away as an eagle towards heaven. But allowing that a man retains his estate, death will finally overtake him ; then he must leave it to... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pāgines
...his dainties : for they are deceitful meat. 4 Labour not to be rich : cease from Ahine own wisdom. 5 man living be justified. 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my vi i ! ; ; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. 6 Eat thou not the bread of him thai hath an evil eye, neither... | |
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Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. 
