Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation ? The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. Proceedings - Page 51by Natal (South Africa). Commission to Inquire into the Past and Present State of the Kafirs - 1852Full view - About this book
| Sermons, English - 1839 - 612 pages
...keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks ; and look well to thy herds. For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endúrelo every generation? The hay appeareth, and... | |
| Bible - 1839 - 1060 pages
...mountains are gathered. 26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats arc the price of the field. 27 voice of one that spake. upon Jerusalem, and upon the whole Jewish nati houshold, and_/or the f maintenance for thy maidens. CHAP. XXVIII. General observations of impiety... | |
| Beaumont Square Chapel, Mile End (LONDON), John Thomas Barber Beaumont - 1840 - 204 pages
...sleep.—So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.—XXVII., 23 and 24. Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds,—For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?—XXVIII., 19.... | |
| 1840 - 870 pages
...fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle yet will not his fooiishness depart from him. 23 Be i him e co : 24 For riches are not for ever : and doth the crown endure to every generation ? 25 The hay appeareth,... | |
| George Combe - Phrenology - 1841 - 454 pages
...shalt not commit adultery.' Acquisitiveness has its own proper sphere of activity: hence the command, ' Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds;' and in short, all the commands to industry and enterprise, in the book of Proverbs Yet it is liable to... | |
| Eliza Cheap - Christian women - 1841 - 412 pages
...who were her particular charge. She might be ranked with such as obeyed the scripture injunction, " Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds." In her letters there are frequent allusions to the increased engagements in the winter season, Christmas,... | |
| Catechisms, English - 1841 - 224 pages
...of his own house, he hath denigd the faith, and is worse than an infidel. (4) Prov. zxvii. 23, 24. Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds ; for riches are not for ever, &c. Eccl. iii. 12, 13. I know that there, is no good in them, but for... | |
| William Evans, Thomas Evans - 1841 - 496 pages
...thou a man diligent in his business, he shall stand before kings.' Thirdly, it preserves an estate : ' Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds; for riches are not forever.' There is no living upon the principal, you must be diligent to preserve... | |
| Alexander Smith Paterson - 1841 - 486 pages
...endeavour by lawful means to promote ;iml further our outward estate. Prov. xxvii. 23—" Be thou iUUgent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds." 3. That we are to endeavour by lawful means to assist others in procuring wealth. Gal. vi. 10 "As we... | |
| Thomas Fuller - Biography - 1841 - 494 pages
...means, as thereby to grow neglected : which makes our nobleman to practise Solomon's precept : " Be diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thine herds; for the crown doth not endure to every generation." (Prov. xxvii. 23.) If not the crown,... | |
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