 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.  Business - Page 105by James Platt - 1876 - 196 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Huntington - Arminianism - 1802 - 522 pages
...worst witch of all. " 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," Jer. xvii. 11. " For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 476 pages
...and join with birds of iheir own kind, or are frequently and easily destroyed ; [so] he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, when he thinks them secure, and /¡roñases himae/f pleasure in them, and at his end shall be a fool,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...brooJ ; to inccbite. As the partridge tittetb on eggs, and hatcheth them not, so he that getteth riches not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days. Jerein. The egg laid, and severed from the body of the hen, hath no more nourishment from the hen ;... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1807 - 550 pages
...6. This is the city to be visited (by an enemy) she is wholly oppression. xvii. 11. 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. xxii. 17. Sfieaking of Jefioia/cim. — Thine eyes and thine heart are not but for covetousness and... | |
 | Richard Graves - Bible - 1807 - 520 pages
...cording to his works, and according to " the fruit of his doings. '? And again, " 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." f And again, " O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that for" sake thce shall be ashamed, and they that... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1808 - 282 pages
...are wise for heaven : " As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not, so he that gctteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the...midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool." And the man under consideration is one of these, and therefore must look to fall by this judgment.... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 pages
...eggs, and hatchtfn them not; so he that getleth riches and not by nght, shall kave them in the nddst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. The wicked and deceitful man shall be disappointed of his hopes of gain : as the partridge sits on those... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 676 pages
...and, Jer. xvii. 1 1 . 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. Many times God raiseth up such against them, who shall deal with them as they have dealt with others... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - Prayer - 1810 - 326 pages
...thereof. Jer. xvii. 11, As the patridge 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. James v. 1,3, Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you : ye... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 456 pages
...and equity ; and would reduce a family to poverty for a little ill-gotten wealth. " 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." If your conscience be clear of these things, you needed not have brought them forth ; and, if guilty,... | |
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