| Edward Pelham BRENTON - 1837 - 260 páginas
...17. The merciful man doeth good to his own soul; but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. 24. There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. 25. The liberal soul shall be made fat; and he that watereth, shall... | |
| Timothy Mather Cooley - 1837 - 370 páginas
...who will soon call us to give an account of our stewardships ! Remember the maxim of the wise man, ' There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than meet, but it tendeth to poverty,' Prov. xi., 24. Since this spirit of liberality has shone so conspicuously... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1838 - 566 páginas
...worlds arise, And do their message to the soul— the soul that never dies ! THE MISER. A SK ETC X. ' THERE is that scattereth and yet increaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty.' TnR PROVERM or SoLO,,0I,. IT is more pleasing to depict the life of the good... | |
| American and Foreign Bible Society - 1838 - 1182 páginas
...churches do this, who, we ask, would be impoverished by it? or rather, who would not be a gainer. ' There is that scattereth and yet increaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet and it tendeth to poverty.' The Society unanimously passed the following resolution: Resolved, That each... | |
| David Abeel - 1838 - 278 páginas
...What a rich commentary does this specimen of facts furnish upon a large class of Scripture passages. " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth : and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." " The liberal soul shall be made fat : and he that watereth, shall be watered... | |
| Edward Bouverie Pusey - 1838 - 160 páginas
...country, your Church ; by bounteous charity you may increase your substance, for Scripture" says, " there is that scattereth, and yet increaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to poverty ;" you may bring down God's blessing upon your families; for Scripture"... | |
| John Bunyan - 1838 - 554 páginas
...experience. I have learned of my Lord to be kind, and have found by experience that I have gained thereby. There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing : there is that... | |
| John M'Donald (teacher of English) - 1838 - 188 páginas
...is he that considereth the poor': the Lord will deliver him' in time of trouble'. Prov. xi. 24, 25, There is that scatteretH, and yet increaseth'; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet', but it tendeth to poverty'. The liberal soul shall be made faf; and he that watereM shall be... | |
| English monthly tract society - 1838 - 634 páginas
...often that fortune favours such an one. Do not these words of the wise man contain a deep truth, — " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty"? Might not examples without number be brought forward to prove that... | |
| John Dick - 1838 - 588 páginas
...hath pity upon the poor, lendeth unto the Lord, and that which he hath given will he pay him again." " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty."* I now proceed to the Ninth commandment, " Thou shall not bear false... | |
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