Remove far from me vanity and lies : give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me : lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord 1 or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. Sermons Delivered on Various Occasions - Pągina 342per Lyman Beecher - 1828 - 367 pąginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| St. Andrew's Church (Headington, Oxford, England) - 1873 - 358 pągines
...to which a man's principles can be subjected. It was not for nothing that Agur prayed, ' Give me not riches, lest I be full and deny Thee, and say, Who is the Lord ?' How often have we heard it said, ' He has been a different man sinee fortune smiled upon him; it... | |
| How - 1873 - 222 pągines
...from me vanity and lies : give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me : lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord 1 or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain," Proverbs xxx. 8, 9.] W HEN first... | |
| William Adams - 1873 - 392 pągines
...mischief not less perilous, because it is not considered vulgar ? " Give me not riches," said Agur, " lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ? " This is the portraiture of one who, inflated with wealth, regards himself as absolutely independent... | |
| Selections - 1873 - 130 pągines
...from me vanity and lies : give me neither poverty nor riches : feed me with food convenient for me : lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord 1 or, lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." Proverbs, 30. 7-9. — The Great... | |
| 1859 - 490 pągines
...individuals, may suffer from plethora as well as from poverty, and, like Agur, need earnestly pray to have " neither poverty nor riches, lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord 2" We think that if '£500 had been placed at the disposal of the Field Lane Committee there would... | |
| 1877 - 1014 pągines
...danger of breaking if he was to be in poverty, but there was also a clanger ahead of the possession of riches: — "Lest I be full and deny Thee, and say, who is the Lord ? " If poverty is the parent of crime then, according to the Bible, wealth is the parent of a greater... | |
| William Henry Karslake - 1878 - 142 pągines
...contrary, make men proud, and self-reliant, and so draws away the heart from God. Hence Agur prayed against riches, " Lest I be full, and deny Thee, and say, who is the Lord ? " (Prov. xxx. 9 ; see Deut. xxxii. 15; Nehem. ix. 25, 26). And our Lord has expressly warned us of... | |
| William Beamont - 1878 - 264 pągines
...Remove from me vanity and lies, give me neither poverty nor riches, feed me with food convenient for me, lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ?' " The author of this abusive character was Mr. Seddon, a clergyman of the Established Church, who... | |
| Samuel Walker - 1878 - 152 pągines
...watchfulness, for the adversary will make the most of them. If you are in abundance you are in danger: "lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ? " It is a hard matter to be poor in spirit, and rich in purse. Satan will be swelling up the pride... | |
| 1879 - 980 pągines
...Could they but look into Agar's prayer, and take the meaning — ' Feed me with food convenient for me, lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ?' — they would find a real gospel in it." No question could there be as to Dr. Bushnell's strong... | |
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