...himself and family, is the -very Jirtt duty of every man. " Two things," says AGUE, have I asked ; deny me them not before I die: remove far from me...convenient for me ; lest I be full and deny thee; or les>t I be poor and steal." 19. A good living, therefore, a competence, is the first thing to be...

...and lies,"— every thing pernicious to the purity and safety of his soul;—"give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me, lest...poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain!" To think .that this prayer is not suited to your condition, is self-delusion: to use the prayer while...

...The petition of pious Agur admirably exhibits the spirit of our text; — "Give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me,...poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain !" Both wealth and poverty expose to peculiar dangers. The former tends to pride, sensuality, and forgetfulness...

...humility of Agur's prayer, " Give me," said he, in his petition to the Almighty, " neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me,...poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." But the most desirable state, in" this world, we know, is a state of warfare, requiring of -rijmij!...

...pray ; in the spirit which Agur, in the prayer just mentioned, expresses, " Give me neither po" verty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient " for me....be poor and steal, " and take the name of my God in vain."6 For, indeed, though the temptations of extreme poverty are very great, yet, the tendency of...

...realised, though it is to be feared that he never uttered the prayer of Agar, ' Give me neither poverty nor riches, feed me with food convenient for me, lest...poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.' He never had any profession, though for three years, from 17.79 to 1782, he drew a substantial salary...

...put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. There is a generation...

...Proverbs, ch. 30, from which Arcangeli goes on to quote: 'The words of Agur the son of Jakeh . . . Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain': Prov. 30: i, 8—9. Arcangeli twists this plea for wisdom and humility into selfcongratulation on his...

...poverty nor riches"] Proverbs 30:8; Agur, son of Jakeh, says, "give me neither poverty nor riches. . . . Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." See The Interpreter's Bible. Vol. 4. 1955, p. 949. Garrick and William Boyce to celebrate British victories,...

...him, in this his sweetened trap. Wise was the prayer of Agur: "Give me," said he, "neither poverty nor riches: feed me with food convenient for me, lest...poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. We do not doubt that Agur would have been delighted in a pious community. Those who are rich, are generally...