 There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise : the ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer ; the conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; the locusts have...  A Philosophical Dictionary - Pàgina 472per Voltaire - 1843Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1857 - 448 pàgines
...and the fowls of the air" — " Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise" — " The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands" — " Behold the fowls of the air, for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns ;... | |
 | John Eadie - 1857 - 870 pàgines
...14. Whose hope shall be cut olt. and whose trust .'•.',•.•/' be- a spider's web. Prov. xxx, 28. out another horsp lhat tens red: and potccr was given to him tha ANIMALS FOB LABOUR, ASS. Gen. xll, 16. And he entreated Abrtnn well for her sake: and he had sheep,... | |
 | Richard Newton - 1856 - 254 pàgines
...at last, for Jesus' eake ! Amen. ^ THE SPIDER'S EXAMPLE. [AN ANNIVEBSABT SERMON.] Paov. xxr. 28 : " The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces." Now, I dare say, my dear children, some of you will be ready to cry out, "What! going to preach, about... | |
 | 1858 - 624 pàgines
...prepare their meat in the summer-" " The conies are bat a feeble folk, Yet make they their houses in the rocks." " The locusts have no king, Yet go they forth...taketh hold with her hands, And is in kings' palaces." In all these examples of " things little upon the earth," we see that wisdom makes up for want of strength.... | |
 | Tressillian P. Shipp - 1858 - 208 pàgines
...prepare their meat in the summer ; " The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks ; " The locusts have no king, yet go they forth...taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces" Mr DEAR YOUNG FRIENDS, — It is not my intention to give you a lecture on natural history, interesting... | |
 | 1853 - 330 pàgines
...prepare their meat in the summer; the conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks ; the locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands ; the spider takcth hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces." (Prov. 30 : 24-28.) John heard the whole animal... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1894 - 684 pàgines
...have found some compensation for her difficulties and disappointment in the conservatory. CHAPTER III. The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces. IT was the night of the Countess of Dryborough's ball. Mrs. Nixon was looking her youngest and her... | |
 | Roland Mushat Frye - 1978 - 644 pàgines
...in the summer; 26 The conies are but a feeble folk, Yet make they their houses in the rocks; 27 Tlie locusts have no king. Yet go they forth all of them by bands; 28 The spider takcth hold with her hands, And is in kings' palaces. THE PRAISE OF A GOOD WOMAN 31 10... | |
 | Zondervan - 1984 - 940 pàgines
...meat in the summer; 26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; 27 may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and 28 The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces. 29 There be three things which... | |
 | Kathleen C. Boone - 1989 - 152 pàgines
...parenthetically, but the full impact of this moment will be lost, I fear, unless I quote Prov. 30.27 myself: "The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands." (This verse occurs within a short discourse on exemplary animals "little" yet "exceeding wise." The... | |
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