When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools. Pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. The Methodist Magazine - Pàgina 531818Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Hugh Gaston - 1834 - 384 pàgines
...sin in thce. Prov. xx. 25. It is a snare after vows to make inquiry. Eccl. v. 4, 5. When thou vowcsl a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools; pay that which thou host vowed. Better is it that thou shouldst nol vow, than thai thou shouldst vow and not... | |
| Christian - 1835 - 172 pàgines
...loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen ? 1 John iv. 20. 18. When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it, for he hath no pleasure in fools ; pay that which than hast vowed. Eccles. v. 4. 19. Better is it that thou shouldestnot vow, than that thou shouldest... | |
| James Slade - 1835 - 578 pàgines
...it requires of you, that make up your minds to do, without any doubt or delay : as the text says, " when thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it :" delays are of all things the most dangerous: begin effectually at once, while the grace is given,... | |
| Whittington Henry Landon - 1835 - 198 pàgines
...will, and if purposely slighted, hath every mark of a deliberate mockery. We know that it is written, " when thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it: far better were it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not keep it." I refrain... | |
| Joseph Hall - 1837 - 564 pàgines
...men ; but, to disappoint God in our vows, is no less than sacrilege. That of Solomon's is weighty : When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it ; for he hath no pleasure in fools : pay that, which thou hast vowed. Better it is, that thou shouldst not vow, than that thou shouldst vow and not... | |
| Jasper Adams - 1837 - 532 pàgines
...it implies a want of reverence and regard to the Supreme Being. We may conclude with the wise man; "When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it ; for he hath no pleasure in fools (that is, rash and vain persons) ; pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldst... | |
| Francis Gastrell - 1838 - 330 pàgines
...he shall any ways make them void, after that he hath heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity. 2 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay...: for he hath no pleasure in fools : pay that thou hast vowed. Better it is that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow, and not pay. 3... | |
| Georg Lorenz Bauer - 1838 - 186 pàgines
...dream cometh through the multitude of business ; and a fool's voice is knaum by multitude of words. When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it ; for he hath no pleasure in fools : pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not... | |
| 1838 - 516 pàgines
...paid them, your ways are unjust. Consider the holy vows you have made, and try your ways by them ; " When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it, for He hath no pleasure in fools ; pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouHest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not... | |
| Georg Lorenz Bauer - 1838 - 190 pàgines
...dream cometh through the multitude of business ; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words. When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it'; for he hath no pleasure in fools : pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not... | |
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