 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.  The life and death of mr. Badman - Pagina 161door John Bunyan - 1808 - 280 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1848 - 796 pagina’s
...hunt a partridge in the mountains." (I Sam. xxvi. 20.) The other is in the prophecies of Jeremiah : " As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not ; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be... | |
 | 1849 - 492 pagina’s
...and that the blessing of God may rest on what he has ; for we know, on the highest authority, that ' As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not ; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be... | |
 | 1849 - 360 pagina’s
...usury and unjust gain, increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not : so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1849 - 446 pagina’s
...hasteth to be rich, hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him " ; that as the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not ; so he that getteth riches and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be... | |
 | London - 1851 - 200 pagina’s
...many instances have occurred in the present day illustrative of that wise saying in Holy Scripture : "As the partridge sitteth on eggs and hatcheth them not, so he that getteth riches and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at the end shall be... | |
 | John [prose] Milton - 1853 - 540 pagina’s
...vi. 9. " know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God ?" Jer. xvii. 11. " as the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not, so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 544 pagina’s
...Cor. vi. 9. " know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God ?" Jer. xvii. 11. "as the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not, so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be... | |
 | 1853 - 402 pagina’s
...this kind of partridge hunting. The other passage in which this bird is mentioned, is in Jer. 17 : 11. "As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not ; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 540 pagina’s
...Cor. vi. 9. "know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God ?" Jer. xvii. 11. "as the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not, so he that getteth riches, and .pot by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall... | |
 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 1854 - 444 pagina’s
...field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth. — Isa. v. 8. As the partridge sitteth on eggs and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. — Jer.... | |
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