 Two things have I required 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 I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor...  A System of Revealed Religion ... - Strona 2491819Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1822 - Liczba stron: 312
...will, but thine he done. The prayer of Agur is a suitable prayer for us, (Prov. xxx, 7-9.) "Remove from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor...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... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1822 - Liczba stron: 330
...will, but thine be done. The prayer of Agur is a suitable prayer for us, (Prov. xxx, 7-9.) "Remove from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor...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... | |
 | 1863 - Liczba stron: 1198
...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... | |
 | Mary Anne Davis - 1822 - Liczba stron: 134
...which shall not break my head (h). Remove fax from me vanity and lies : givemeneitherpovertynorricb.es; feed me with food convenient for me : lest I be full...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain (i). Incline not my heart to any evil thing; for if I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not... | |
 | Charles Bradley - 1822 - Liczba stron: 340
...in this world. This was it that wise Agur requested of God," Give me neither poverty nor riches, but feed me with food convenient for me ; lest I be full...be poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain,"Prov. xxx. 8, 9. Againstboth he prays equally, not absolutely ; that had been his sin ; he prays... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1822 - Liczba stron: 472
...all the undoubted articles of temporal felicity. Wise was the man who addressed this prayer to God ; remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither...full, and deny thee, and say, who is the Lord? Or lest / be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain* He whose wishes, respecting the possessions... | |
 | Philadelphia Sunday and Adult School Union - 1822 - Liczba stron: 156
...soon take me away. Q. 117. What were the two things for which Agur prayed? Proverbs, xxx. 7, 8, A. Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them...nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me. Q. 118. Doth the word of God enjoin on us never to bear false witness? Exodus, xx. 16. A. Thou shalt... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1822 - Liczba stron: 470
...prayer to God ; remove far from me vanity and lien, {live me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me wit h food convenient for me. Lest I be full, and deny thee,...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... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1822 - Liczba stron: 516
...to moderate views of human life and human happiness. Remember and admire the wisdom of Agur's wish. Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither...me : Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is tlie Lord ? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.* — Let me recommend,... | |
 | 1824 - Liczba stron: 920
...equal. To avoid the extremes here, is our wisdom. "Give me neither poverty nor riches," says AOAR, "lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the...poor and steal, and take the name of my GOD in vain." How npt are the poor to violate the Third Commandment in arraigning Providence, as well as to fall... | |
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