 | Brian Hill - 1822 - 454 pàgines
...many unfair means are used to add a little to the store is a melancholy fact, which no one can deny. " It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer ; but when he is gone away then he boasteth."-jThis remark is made by Solomon in the 20th chapter ot the book of Proverbs... | |
 | 1823 - 154 pàgines
...bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. (62 P. 4.) 16. /* deceit often practised in buying 1 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer : but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. (20 Pr. 14.) 17. What is money obtained by fraud? The getting of treasures by a lying... | |
 | William Hurn - 1823 - 142 pàgines
...spiritual concerns, they are quite alive to their temporal interests, and catch at every advantage. "It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer : but when he is gone his way then he boasteth."t In buying they are anxious for cheap bargains ; in selling for large profits ;... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 266 pàgines
...Israel, to those of one who fancied himself as wise as Solomon, James the First, King of England—" It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer; but when he is gone away, then he boasteth." Thus it was in the days of Solomon : in James's reign, Dr. Joseph Hall gives... | |
 | 1878 - 380 pàgines
...everything in the form of a lie, whether spoken, or only acted. Do you mind that text in Proverbs, " It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer ; but when he is gone his way, he boasteth." And in the same chapter it says, that " all these doings are an abomination to the Lord." But it is... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1824 - 566 pàgines
...nature is furnished by the practice of depreciating the value of such commodities as we wish to buy. ' It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer ; but when he hath gone his way, he boasteth.' Such was the conduct of men in the days of Solomon. We have ample... | |
 | John McDowell - 1825 - 560 pàgines
...common practice of depreciating things that we wish to buy that we may get them below their value. " It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer : but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth;" Prov. xx. 14. The prophet Micah declares in our text, that one of the principal... | |
 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 pàgines
...not sleep, lest thou come to poverty ; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. 14 s it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes then he boasteth. 15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies : but the lips of knowledge are a precious... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pàgines
...come to poverty ; open p^^.'S: "' thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. itJ.'w!L "' * 14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer : but when he is gone his way, then he ooasteth. Ac 084. 15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies : but the lips of knowledge are... | |
 | 1847 - 798 pàgines
...abundant." " Are not our tongues our own, who is lord over us ?'' Solomon describes their mode of action ; " It is naught — it is naught, saith the buyer ; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth." But one gladly turns from such to a more pleasing contemplation. The contrast is... | |
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It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. 
