 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 - Pàgina 342per Lyman Beecher - 1828 - 367 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Horace Bushnell - 1916 - 400 pàgines
...way of the Lord. Ill PHYSICAL NURTURE, TO BE A MEANS OF GRACE "Feed me with food convenient for me, lest I be full and deny thee, and say, who is the Lord ? "—PROVERBS xxx. 8-9. A most fit subject of prayer ! And if the feeding of an adult person, such... | |
 | 1921 - 152 pàgines
...vanity and lies, give me neither poverty nor riches, feed me with food convenient for me. Pro. 30-8. — 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. Pro. 30-9. — There is no wisdom,... | |
 | William Lonsdale Watkinson - 1924 - 260 pàgines
...dishearten, let us consider : I. The Peril of the Extreme. 1. The peril of riches is recognized. ' Lest I be full and deny Thee, and say, Who is the Lord ? ' Agur perceives the tendency of affluence to breed a spirit of self-sufficiency, so that we no longer... | |
 | H. L. Willmington - 1981 - 1038 pàgines
...me vanity and lies. (b) Give me neither poverty nor riches — feed me with food convenient for me: the north, and from all the lands whither Lest 1 be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. In addition to all this, there are... | |
 | William Arnot - 1978 - 588 pàgines
...to his spiritual attainments. The aim of this anxious heart comes articulately out in the prayer : " 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." Wealth is desired or dreaded,... | |
 | Daniel J. Harrington - 1991 - 470 pàgines
..."Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it" (Prov 15:16); "give me neither poverty nor riches . . . lest I be full and deny thee, and say, 'Who is the Lord?' " (Prov 30:8-9). Perhaps the most eloquent warning about the dangers of wealth appears in Sirach 31:5-7:... | |
 | Moshe Weinfeld - 1992 - 492 pàgines
...for life's golden mean (Prov. 1 Gottesfurcht, pp. 87 ff. and 262 ff. 2 Cf. below, p. 368. 30: 8-9): 'Give me neither poverty nor riches . . . lest I be full and deny and say "Who is the Lord?" .' A similar articulation of this idea is met with in Job 21: 7-15; 22:... | |
 | Luigi Zoja - 1995 - 252 pàgines
...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? (Proverbs, 30, 7) WHAT THE SERPENT KNEW For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your... | |
 | 1996 - 974 pàgines
...things I ask of You; do not withhold them from me until I die. Keep falsehood and deceit far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches ... lest I be full and deny [You] and say, 'Who is God?' or lest I be poor and steal..." (Mishlei 30:7-9). Wake up, my brother,... | |
 | William Gordon Braude, Israel James Kapstein - 1997 - 598 pàgines
...similar concern is explicitly voiced by Solomon king of Israel: Two things have I asked of Thee. . . . Give me neither poverty nor riches . . . lest I be full, and deny, and say: "Who is the Lord?" (Prov. 30:7-9). Blessed be the Preserver of the world, blessed be He who... | |
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