 | sir Adam Gordon (bart.) - 1819 - 408 pàgines
...devourers of our neighbour's bread, according to the spirit of Agur's prayer in Prov. xxx. 8, 9; Remove from me vanity and lies^ give me neither poverty nor...or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of God in vain. In this view of the expression, therefore, we pray God to continue that blessing upon... | |
 | Henrietta Maria Bowdler - 1819 - 270 pàgines
...for ourselves, every wise man would say with Agur in the book of Proverbs,* " 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." But He, who best knows what is fit for us, has not left us this choice. He has placed us in different... | |
 | sir Adam Gordon (bart.) - 1819 - 440 pàgines
...Jar from me vanity and lies ; give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient Jbr me, l-est I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. 1 HTS is that law of the second table, which treats particularly of our duty with relation to our neighbour's... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1819 - 758 pàgines
...; give me. neither riches nor ppverly, but feed me with food convenient for me : lest I befvll.and deny thee, and say, Who is the- Lord? or lest I be...and steal, , and take the name of my God in vain." This has not any of the marks of being a Jewish prayer, for the Jews never prayed bat •when they... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 526 pàgines
...to moderate views of human life and human happiness. Remember and admire the wisdom of Agur's wish. Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. * — Let me recommend, II. MODERATION in our pursuits. Wishes and desires rest within. If immoderate,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 488 pàgines
...prayer to God; Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me withJbod convenient for me. Lest I be full and deny thee, and...poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. * He whose wishes respecting the possessions of this world, are the most reasonable and bounded, is... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 378 pàgines
...Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with food convenient/or me : Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. * — Let rne recommend, II. Moderation in our pursuits. Wishes and desires rest within. If immoderate,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 398 pàgines
...recorded in the book of Proverbs, to have been the wish and choice of one who was eminent for wisdom. Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither...convenient for me. l,est I be full, and deny thee, find say. Who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor, find steal, and take the name of my God in vain.* From... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 370 pàgines
...to moderate views of human life and human happiness. Remember and admire the wisdom of Agur's wish. Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither...riches, feed me with food convenient for me : Lest I befall, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of... | |
 | Robert Walker, Hugh Blair - 1820 - 548 pàgines
...other peculiar to itself, as we learn from that well-conceived prayer of Agur, (Prov. xxx. 8, 9.) " Remove far from me vanity and lies ; give me neither...riches, feed me with food convenient for me : lest 1 be full and deny thee, and say, who is the Lord? or, lest I be poor and steal, and take the name... | |
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Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die. 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 ? or lest I be poor... 
