 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
 | Hugh Blair - 1822 - 454 pages
...poverty nor riches. Feed me with food convenient for me : Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, IVho is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain* Let me recommend, II. MODERATION in our pursuits. Wishes and desires rest within. If immoderate and... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1822 - 492 pages
...nor riches. Feed me with food convenient for me. Lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is (lie Lord ? Or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.* He whose wishes respecting the possessions of this world, are the most reasonable and bounded, is likely... | |
 | Richard Carlile - 1822 - 242 pages
...but feed me with food convenient far me i lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord f or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of mi/ God in win.' This has not *ny of the marks of being a Jewish prayer, for the Jews never prayed... | |
 | 1823 - 154 pages
...IMS Agur's earnest desire and prayer ? 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. (3OPr.8,9.) 23. How does Christ exhort us to avoid worldly anxiety, and seek spiritual blessings '... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 806 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." I shall fill the remaining part of my paper with a very pretty allegory, which is wrought into a play... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 pages
...considereth not that poverty shall come upon him. — Prov. xxviii. 11; 20. 22. 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. — Prov. xxx. 8, 9. Gen. xxviii. 20. Vanity of vanities, all is vanity, &c. And I gave my heart to... | |
 | Albert Fried - 1992 - 612 pages
...him, in this his sweetened trap. Wise was the prayer of Agur: "Give me," said he, "neither poverty nor riches: feed me with food convenient for me, lest...poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. We do not doubt that Agur would have been delighted in a pious community. Those who are rich, are generally... | |
 | Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - 1993 - 514 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. PROVERB, xxx JOHN HALL O Lord two things I thee require, That thou me not deny, But that I may the... | |
 | B. A. Ramsbottom - 1994 - 364 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." But my dear Lord hath provided such bounties for me, and given me more than I ever asked Him for. For... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1995 - 944 pages
...8th and 9th verses — "Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither riches nor poverty, but feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full...poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. "This has not any of the marks of being a Jewish prayer; for the Jews never prayed but when they were... | |
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