The Proper Names of the Bible, New Testament, and Apocrypha ... to which is Added a Selection of Some of the Most Beautiful Scriptural Pieces Calculated to Instruct Youth in the Art of Reading with Propriety ...C. Rickaby ... sold by the author, 1804 - 181 pages |
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... honoured . He that walketh with wise men shall be wise : but a companion of fools shall be destroyed . He that spareth his rod hateth his son : but he that loveth him , chasteneth him betimes . A fool despiseth his father's instructions ...
... honoured . He that walketh with wise men shall be wise : but a companion of fools shall be destroyed . He that spareth his rod hateth his son : but he that loveth him , chasteneth him betimes . A fool despiseth his father's instructions ...
Page 52
... honour for a man to cease from strife : ' but every fool will be meddling . The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold ; therefore shall he begin harvest , and have nothing . Counsel , in the heart of man , is like deep water ...
... honour for a man to cease from strife : ' but every fool will be meddling . The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold ; therefore shall he begin harvest , and have nothing . Counsel , in the heart of man , is like deep water ...
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... honour shall uphold the humble in spirit . The words of Agur the son of Jakeh ; even the prophecy : the man spake unto Ithiel ; even unto Ithiel and Ucal ; surely , I am more brutish than any man , and have not the understanding of a ...
... honour shall uphold the humble in spirit . The words of Agur the son of Jakeh ; even the prophecy : the man spake unto Ithiel ; even unto Ithiel and Ucal ; surely , I am more brutish than any man , and have not the understanding of a ...
Page 63
... honour are her clothing , and she shall rejoice in time to come . She openeth her mouth with wisdom ; and in her tongue is the law of kindness . She looketh well to the ways of her houshold , and eateth not the bread of idleness . Her ...
... honour are her clothing , and she shall rejoice in time to come . She openeth her mouth with wisdom ; and in her tongue is the law of kindness . She looketh well to the ways of her houshold , and eateth not the bread of idleness . Her ...
Page 64
... honour , and glory , and gladness , and a crown of rejoicing . The fear of the Lord maketh a merry heart , and giveth joy and gladness , and a long life . Whoso feareth the Lord , it shall go well with 64 FROM ECCLESIASTICUS. ...
... honour , and glory , and gladness , and a crown of rejoicing . The fear of the Lord maketh a merry heart , and giveth joy and gladness , and a long life . Whoso feareth the Lord , it shall go well with 64 FROM ECCLESIASTICUS. ...
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adultery Ba'al behold Blessed bread bringeth brother cometh commandments counsel death doth dream dreamed a dream ears earth English Language evil famine fear the Lord feareth the Lord flesh fool foolish fruit give glory godly goeth hand hate hath heaven honour Ishmeelites Israel Jacob Joseph said unto judgement keepeth kine kingdom of heaven Kirjath labour land of Canaan land of Egypt land of Goshen lest thou let thy loveth maketh meat Mede mercy merry heart mocketh Pharaoh said unto poor Potiphar pray raoh rejoice rich righteousness sack say unto seven ſhall shalt thou shame shew sinners sins spake unto thereof thine heart things thou art thou hast thou shalt thy father thy mother thy neighbour thy servant thy soul thyself tongue understanding ungodly unto Joseph unto Pharaoh unto thee unto thy Whoso whosoever wicked wickedness wife wine wisdom wise woman words wrath
Popular passages
Page 150 - Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink ; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Page 63 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry ; her clothing is silk and purple. Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Page 178 - I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation. I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
Page 46 - For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Page 57 - Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another: lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away. A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Page 147 - Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
Page 47 - Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
Page 169 - Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Page 148 - For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Page 174 - And. we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one ; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.