 | William Gresley - 1836 - 514 pàgines
...of speculation : this indeed is true wisdom ! "Happy is the man that getteth wisdom" such as this. " For the merchandize of it is better than the merchandize of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold 1. Look again at the statesman : — consider first the narrow-minded and party politician ; how is... | |
 | James Thomson (M.D., baptist.) - 1837 - 292 pàgines
...[Proverbs, 3 : 1-7.] Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandize of it is better than the merchandize of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies : and all the things thou canst desire, are not to be compared unto... | |
 | Edward Cooper - 1838 - 306 pàgines
...riches your own. Appropriate this honour to yourselves. Seek heavenly wisdom; and you shall find " that the merchandize of it is better than the merchandize of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold." Be godly; and you shall participate in all that happiness which godliness confers. Recollect, however,... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1838 - 642 pàgines
...is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandize thereof is better than the merchandize of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold," Prov. iii. 13, 14. And he directs men to " buy the truth, and sell it not," ch. xxiii. 23. And says... | |
 | Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - 1839 - 616 pàgines
...you say with Solomon, "Happy is the man that findeth wisdom and the man that getteth understanding: for the merchandize of it is better than the merchandize of silver, and the gain thereof than fine irold. She is more precious than rubies, and all the things thou canst ilesire are not to be compared... | |
 | John Frost - 1840 - 314 pàgines
...blasted, fail not, my young friends, to acquire the pearl of great price, that wisdom whose merchandize is better than the merchandize of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. Let this be the object of your life, and while the guilty glories of war are deprecated by mankind,... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1841 - 472 pàgines
...of your own Solomon : Happy is the man that flndeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandize of it is better than the merchandize of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies, and all the things that thou canst desire are not to be compared... | |
 | 1841 - 364 pàgines
...disadvantage of being deprived of moral and intellectual improvement. For, "wisdom is the principal thing." "The merchandize of it is better than the merchandize of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies, and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto... | |
 | George Renny Young - 1842 - 24 pàgines
...Happy is the man, says the sage of old, that getteth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandize of it is better than the merchandize of silver and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies ; and all the things that are desired are not to be compared to her.... | |
 | 1745 - 522 pàgines
...where, in the privacy of retirement, he was enabled to attain that wisdom " the merchandize whereof is better than the merchandize of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold." Thus God " led him by the way of the wilderness." " He led him about, he instructed him, he kept him... | |
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Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandize of it is better than the merchandize of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. 
