 | John Natt - 1841 - 408 pàgines
...truth of the position on which he founds it: " Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle towards heaven." (Prov. xxiii. 4, 5.) To show the transitory nature of the... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1842 - 296 pàgines
...treasures abundantly ; but the word of God says^ " Labour not to be rich : cease from thine own wisdom. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ? for riches certainly make themselves wings ; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven," Prov. xxiii. 4, 5. " What is a man profited, if he shall... | |
 | William Dodd - 1842 - 546 pàgines
...is the maker of them all. — Prov. xxii. 2. 7. Labour not to be rich ; cease from thine own wisdom. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings ; they flv awav. — Prov. xxiii. 4,5. Hell and destruction are never full, so the eyes of man are... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 pàgines
...his dainties : for they are deceitful meat. 4 Labour not to be rich : cease from thine own wisdom. 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ? for riches certainly make themselves wings ; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. 6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither... | |
 | 1842 - 284 pàgines
...— " A man's life consistcth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. Luke xii. 15. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ? for riches certainly make themselves wings ; they fly away as an eagle towards heaven. Prov. xxiii. 5. Be content with such things as ye have... | |
 | Old Humphrey - 1843 - 264 pàgines
...treasures abundantly ; but the word of God says, " Labour not to be rich : cease from thine own wisdom. -Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings ; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven," Prov. xxiii. 4, 5. " What is a man profited if he shall... | |
 | Charles Simmons - 1844 - 552 pàgines
...possessions and honors vain and Iransitory ? Pr. 23. 4. Labor not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. Ec. 1. 2. Vanity of vanities, saiththe preacher, vanity of... | |
 | George Bull - 1844 - 660 pàgines
...the wisest of men thus elegantly discourseth'; "Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ? for riches certainly make themselves wings ; they fly as an eagle toward heaven." Riches are as volatile a thing as the bird of the air, no where... | |
 | London St. Giles, Cripplegate - 1844 - 712 pàgines
...uncertain things. That is the epithet of the apostle: "Trust not in uncertain riches." (1 Tim. vi. 17.) "Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ? For riches certainly make themselves wings ; they fly away, as an eagle toward heaven." (Prov. xxiii. 5.) This we see verified every day ; and... | |
 | William Beveridge - 1845 - 480 pàgines
...satisfied with nothing? But riches are nothing, as Solomon himself, Prov. 23. s. witnesseth, saying, "Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings;" and a greater than Solomon, even Christ Him. is. self, saying, "Whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken... | |
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Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. 
