 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
 | Lindley Murray - 1836 - 264 pàgines
...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." BLAIR. SECTION XV. Omniscience... | |
 | Augustus William Hare - 1836 - 526 pàgines
...praying against poverty, takes care to pray also against riches. " Give me not riches," he says, " lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ?" (Prov. xxx. 9.) But in spiritual blessings it is otherwise. Of them there can never be too much.... | |
 | Seth Williston - 1836 - 664 pàgines
...morals and our salvation. The argument on which Agur founds his deprecation of riches, is this s " Lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ?" The urging of such an argument against being made rich, supposes wealth to have a tendency to render... | |
 | William Nevins - 1837 - 464 pàgines
...of my power, and for the honor of my majesty ?" A ware of this tendency ; Agar prays, "give me not riches, lest I be full and deny thee, and say who is the Lord ?" How few men of wealth regard themselves as stewards of God. Do they not rather for the most part... | |
 | Charles A. Smith - 1837 - 324 pàgines
...of Agur, who prayed: '• 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." (Prov. xxx. 8, 9.) e. This petition... | |
 | John Jebb - 1837 - 512 pàgines
...fountain, till the cisterns begin to fail. This it was, that made Agur pray against a plentiful fortune, " lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? " When the weather is fair, and the sails are filled with a prosperous gale, the rough and stubborn... | |
 | Samuel Ransom - 1837 - 224 pàgines
...deprecated it in reference to himself: " Give me not riches ; feed me with food convenient for me : lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ? " Prov. xxx. 8, 9. And in such a deprecation can every one join, and does every one join, who knows... | |
 | Henry William Wilberforce - 1838 - 160 pàgines
...accompanies wealth, we shall less wonder at its insinuating and treacherous power. Agur prays, " give me not riches, lest I be full and deny Thee, and say, Who is the LORD ?" This open impiety is but the full developement of the mental habit of " trusting in riches ;" and... | |
 | Henry William Wilberforce - 1838 - 164 pàgines
...accompanies wealth, we shall less wonder at its insinuating and treacherous power. Agur prays, " give me not riches, lest I be full and deny Thee, and say, Who is the LORD?" This open impiety is but the full developement of the mental habit of " trusting in riches ;" and it... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1838 - 268 pàgines
...thou wilt never leave nor forsake me, if I put my trust in thee. May mine be the prayer of Agur—" Give me neither poverty nor riches; lest I be full, and deny thee; or be poor, and steal, and take thy name in vain." Let me not forget that the love of money is the... | |
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