| James Dana - 1806 - 518 páginas
...it fhall return again after many days. " There is that fcattereth, and yet increafeth ; and " there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it ** tendeth to poverty. Charge them that are rich in " this world, that they be not high-minded, nor truft " in uncertain riches,... | |
| Robert Robinson - 1807 - 384 páginas
...the interest of your circumstances ; for there is. that scatter eth and yet increascth;, and there is. that withholdeth more than is meet and it tendeth to poverty. It is the interest of your diversions ; for the wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, a dreadful... | |
| William Cobbett - 1808 - 842 páginas
...has purses also, and can never want seamen: ' There is tlial scatters and yet increases ; and there is that with-holdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty.' Sir Rol>. Hoaurd. After Chatham business, the king hud n greater opportunity to impose than he has... | |
| Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 416 páginas
...to forget our works . of piety and love. " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." 3. The cost to which tine religion subjects us is too small to be made a matter of complaint : It is... | |
| John Brown - 1810 - 722 páginas
...most effectual means of making one rich : " There it that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and theVe is that with-holdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." Reflecting upon my own external conduct, I lament that I lia\ e been so deficient in effectual fervent... | |
| 1828 - 498 páginas
...with new wine." (Prov. iii. 9, 10.) Again, " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." (Pros. xi. 24.) Encourage then a liberal spirit ; be ready to communicate. " God loveth a cheerful... | |
| 1816 - 304 páginas
...excesses which prevail where the gospel does not restrain men, would grind you to tiie dust. There is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty ; and in no case is this proverb more strikingly verified than in those parsimonious calculations,... | |
| William Barlass, Peter Wilson - 1818 - 688 páginas
...We have often seen verified, Prov. xi. 24, " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." 4. It includes a performance of every duty. The duties enjoined are either more directly to God, ourselves,... | |
| George Lawson - 1821 - 480 páginas
...that have come to poverty, I never heard of any that was ruined by a discreet liberality, but " there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." Men may give something to the poor, and yet be impoverished, without being exceptions to the truth... | |
| Henry Belfrage - 1822 - 246 páginas
...desert, will increase in your hands ; for " there is that scattereth and yet increaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet and it tendeth to poverty." How beautifully does this picture illustrate the words of Solomon — " The hoary head is a crown of... | |
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