 | William Bates - 1815 - 544 pagina’s
...poverty is not exempt from them. It was the wise prayer of Agur, " 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." Prov. 30. 8, 9. A full estate entirely possesses the heart, and excludes the eternal world from the... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pagina’s
...from me vanity and lies : give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me : 9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the...I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God /'// vain. 10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. 1... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1816 - 422 pagina’s
...to GOD, say, " Give me neither " poverty nor riches, but feed me with food " convenient lor me: kst I be full, and deny " thee ; and say, who is the LORD...and steal ; and take the. name " of my GOD in vain." To Lazarus had been committed only a small talent ; he was therefore accountable to GOD only for a... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1780 - 494 pagina’s
...treasure of wisdom which there is in the prayer of Agur, (Prov. xxx. 8, 9,) " 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." Without a well-disciplined mind, great riches and power never fail to produce insolence towards a man's... | |
 | Samuel Phelps - 1818 - 634 pagina’s
...me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty not 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*." Aristotle says, if there be a general idea of goodness, common to all things called good, and separable... | |
 | Henrietta Maria Bowdler - 1819 - 270 pagina’s
...for ourselves, every wise man would say with Agur in the book of Proverbs,* " 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 He, who best knows what is fit for us, has not left us this choice. He has placed us in different... | |
 | sir Adam Gordon (bart.) - 1819 - 408 pagina’s
...spirit of Agur's prayer in Prov. xxx. 8, 9; Remove from me vanity and lies^ give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me, lest...or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of God in vain. In this view of the expression, therefore, we pray God to continue that blessing upon... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 310 pagina’s
...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 :...or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of ray God in vain.' The middle condition seems to be the most advantageously situated for the gaining... | |
 | sir Adam Gordon (bart.) - 1819 - 440 pagina’s
...Jar from me vanity and lies ; give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient Jbr me, l-est I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. 1 HTS is that law of the second table, which treats particularly of our duty with relation to our neighbour's... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1819 - 758 pagina’s
...; give me. neither riches nor ppverly, but feed me with food convenient for me : lest I befvll.and deny thee, and say, Who is the- Lord? or lest I be...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 bat •when they... | |
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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. 
