 | Robert Sanderson - 1833 - 100 pages
..." It is not good for men to eat much honey : so for men to search their own glory is not glory." " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth ; a stranger, and not thine own... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1833 - 698 pages
...period of our own lives. Our existence this moment is no security for its continuance the next : " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." It is always a matter of awful uncertainty when we enter on the business of the day,... | |
 | William Jay - 1834 - 330 pages
...the prosperity that once crowned his head. " And seekest thou great things to thyself? Seek them not. Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth. From the eagerness with which mankind pursue the distinctions of life, we would conclude,... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1834 - 384 pages
...iniquity boast themselves? — Ver. 7. They say, The Lord shall not sec nor regard it. Prov. xxvii. 1. Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Isa. x. 15. Shall the axe boast itself against him that hewetli therewith ! Ezck.... | |
 | S. T. Sturtevant - 1834 - 662 pages
...itself is an elevation of the voice on the word just before the comma, as in the following quotation : " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." In this sentence it may be also observed that, the form of the words being imperative,... | |
 | Thomas Searle - 1834 - 284 pages
...breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish, Psalm cxlvi. 3, 4. Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth, Prov. xxvii. 1. For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; as the... | |
 | Charles Henry Wharton, George Washington Doane - 1834 - 444 pages
...duties, and will become injurious or profitable, according to the manner in which it is indulged. " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth."* And if this caution be necessary for a day, with how much greater force will it... | |
 | Christian - 1835 - 172 pages
...rule over his own spirit, is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. Prov. xxv. 28. 19. Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Prov. xxvii. 1. 20. The wicked flee when no man pursueth ; but the righteous are bold... | |
 | 1835 - 404 pages
...pastor ? I acknowledge, " said Eugene," that I had well nigh forgotten the solemn admonition — " Boast not thyself of to-morrow for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth," but what earthly prospects can seem so sure of being realized as our long promised,... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1835 - 608 pages
...the smallest thing. When the promise regards the future, it is wise to give only a conditional one. " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." This would not prevent the common business of life. I should much more readily believe... | |
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Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. 
