 | John Owen - 1826
...our own insufficiency, earned prayers for a supply of this wisdom are required in us. ' If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of- God, who giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him ;' James i. 5. There is both a precept and apromise to... | |
 | Language Arts & Disciplines - 1826
...not humbly seeking the guidance of the Holy Spirit in their researches arter truth. " if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not ; and it shall be given him," is the direction and the promise given to all who... | |
 | Rev. Tomas Scott (Rector of Ashton Sandford, Bucks.), Thomas Chalmers - Religion - 1826 - 536 pages
...passage, as I remember, which made me suspect that I might be wrong, was James i. 5. " If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him." On considering these words with some attention, I became... | |
 | 1831
...to him, that he can realize his need of aid and guidance, or attsch any value to the command — ' If any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth liberally, and upbraideth not.' early formed. Whoever has not been accustomed from ' his infancy, in... | |
| Susan Huntington - 1826 - 408 pages
...hindrances, and all our efforts; who knows all our weaknesses, and discouragements; and who has said, "If any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth liberally, and upbraideth not." Our discouragements often result from the belief that our difficulties... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner, Andrew Kippis - 1827
...conducive to our real happiness. And we are introduced to recollect here what St. James says, i. 5, " If any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally and uphraideth not. And it shall be given to him." And see ver. 17. 2. Matt. iv. 1, " Then was Jesus... | |
 | John Bird Sumner (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1827
...fault of man : that it may be as universal as the offer of pardon or the call to repentance : for " if any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally:" " every one that asketh, receiveth, and he that seeketh, findeth, and to him that knocketh, it shall... | |
 | Gerard Thomas Noel - 1827
...to him for instruction. The encouragement is similar to that afforded by St. James^ when he says, " If any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God who giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not." He does not reproach for past ignorance, nor despise the feeble efforts, nor overlook... | |
 | John Angell James - 1827
...nature of true piety, and to dispose you to embrace it. This is the way appointed by God to obtain it. " If any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him." " If ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto... | |
![The Spiritual magazine; or, Saint's treasury. [Continued as] The Spiritual ...](http://bks0.books.google.com.au/books?id=tUUEAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl "The Spiritual magazine; or, Saint's treasury. [Continued as] The Spiritual ...") | 1827
...finally led to the fountain head to ask wisdom of Him with whom wisdom dwells; and who has said, " If any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not." May " William" go and do likewise, and he shall have to say with me,... | |
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If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him. 
