Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. The Nineteenth Century - Page 2951897Full view - About this book
| George Lawson - 1821 - 452 pages
...the good of his soul, and only in such a measure as might consist with his best interests. Ver. 9. Lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the...and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. He prays for daily bread, that he might not be led into temptation ; and for the same reason he prays... | |
| 1821 - 786 pages
...Christianity has fully condemned. If the prayer be a proper one, " Give me neither poverty nor riches, * lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the...poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain," — then is that constitution of things the best which docs not expose men to these hurtful extremes,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1821 - 278 pages
...me vanity and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with food convenient for me : lest 1 be full and deny thee , and say, who is the Lord ?...and steal ; and take the name of my God in vain." BLAIR. SECTION XV. Omniscience and omnipresence of Ike DEITY, the source of consolation to good men.... | |
| 1821 - 788 pages
...neither poverty nor riches, * lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ? or lest I he poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain," — then is that constitution of things the best which does not expose men to these hurtful extremes,... | |
| Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1822 - 498 pages
...choice of one who was eminent for wisdom. Remove far from me 'vanity and, lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with food convenient for me. Lest...poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. * FROM the whole view which we have now taken of the subject, we may, in the first place, learn the... | |
| Edward Bickersteth - 1822 - 312 pages
...suitable prayer for us, (Prov. xxx, 7-9.) "Remove from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me ;...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." Do we not deprive ourselves of many temporal comforts by not bringing our necessities of this kind... | |
| 1822 - 184 pages
...of thee: deny me them not before I die: Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me. Lest...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. CHAP. XXXI. WHO can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband... | |
| 1863 - 1198 pages
...is the highest wisdom in that remarkable prayer of Agur the son of Jakeh : " Give me neither porerty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me :...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." (Prov. xxx. 8, 9.) It was for daily bread that Jacob asked, when, on his way to Padan-aram, a solitary... | |
| Edward Bickersteth - 1822 - 330 pages
...suitable prayer for us, (Prov. xxx, 7-9.) "Remove from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me ;...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." Do we not deprive ourselves of many temporal comforts by not bringing our necessities of this kind... | |
| E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 606 pages
...thee ; deny me them not before I die : remove far from me vanity and lies : give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me :...poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. (Exod. xx. 15.) Deut. v. 19. Neitlier shall tlutu steal. Matt. xix. 18. He saith unto him, Which? Jesus... | |
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