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
 | James Smith - 1856
...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 P or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." Our immediate prospect, then,... | |
 | 1856
...of Agur's petition — " 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." Both conditions may be, and often... | |
 | Richard Burleigh Kimball - 1862 - 428 pągines
...sweeping. Mr. PAEKINSON, who has just read this paragraph, desires us to refer to the prayer of AOUE: "Give me neither poverty nor riches," . . . "lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Wlio fa the Lord ?" etc., and also the numerous and general denunciations of the rich throughout the... | |
 | John Henry Howlett - 1862
...than one : because they have a good reward for their labour. 4. Feed me with food convenient-for-me; lest I be full and deny Thee, and say, who is the Lord? member of a sentence, expressed or implied, generally ends with the upward inflection : eg, 1. The... | |
 | 1863
...moved by adversity. Hence the prayer of Agur is not the least important, but of the highest moment : " Give me neither poverty nor riches, lest I be full and deny thee," &c. : Prov. xxx. 8, 9. Alas ! i rich, and yet are poor, because wealth how many are full, and take... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1865 - 477 pągines
...forms, following so often on the possession of that wealth against which Agur prayed so earnestly, " Give me neither poverty nor riches, lest I be full and deny thee, and say, ' Who is the Lord? ' " And in this sense, which of us is not an idolater? Which of us has the right, in the fulness of... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1865
...walk, when visited with the sunshine of temporal success ! " Give me not riches," said one of old, " lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ? " Prov. xxx. 8, 9. Such is the position of our Pilgrims at this stage of their journey. They are... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1866 - 349 pągines
...forms, following so often on the possession of that wealth against which Agur prayed so earnestly, "Give me neither poverty nor riches, lest I be full and deny thee, and say, ' Who is the Lord ?'" And in this sense, which of us is not an idolater ? . Which of us has the right, in the fulness... | |
 | James Alexander MacDonald - 1866
...debase it." There was a deep philosophy in the prayer of Agur : " Feed me with food convenient for me : lest I be full and deny Thee, and say, Who is the Lord ? " (c). Fasting is also helpful to prayer. This follows from the fact that it tends to confirm and... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1867
...forms, following so often on the possession of that wealth against which Agur prayed so earnestly, " Give me neither poverty nor riches, lest I be full and deny thee, and say, ' Who is the Lord ?' " And in this sense, which of us is not an idolater ? Which of us has the right, in the fulness... | |
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