 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
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 460 pages
...carefully communicate, and that with all possible expedition; and he confirmed it by a certain clause. " 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 ?" He added, moreover,... | |
 | Thomas Boston - Theology, Doctrinal - 1812 - 560 pages
...and right hands. What Solomon says of flocks, may we say concerning your souls, Prov. xxvii. 23. * Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.' However partial ye be, God will not be so to you ; so that your foolish partiality can do you no good,... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1813 - 580 pages
...he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel q I'rov. x'xvii. from Verse 23. to the end. Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. Ver. 24 For riches are not forever, — Eccl. ii. 24 There is nothing better for a man, than tha- he... | |
 | Joseph McKean - 1814 - 366 pages
...satisfied. 2 1 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold : so is a man to his praise. 23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. 24 For riches are not for ever : and doth the crown endure to every generation ? 25 The hay appeareth,... | |
 | William Clayton - Sermons, English - 1814 - 420 pages
...his glory. We should be more particularly on our guard against a spirit of " mean men."* " Be tliou diligent to know the " state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds."f In every sense, God is the rewarder of those who diligently seek him : and this leads us to... | |
 | Bible - 1815 - 294 pages
...land shall be satisfied with bread : but he that folio weth vain persons is void of understanding. Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack Tiand : but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. The thoughts... | |
 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. 23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. 24 For riches are not for ever : and doth the crown endure to every generation f 25 The hay appeareth,... | |
 | Christian life - 1815 - 310 pages
...his business? he shall stand before kings." Thirdly, it preserves an estate: " Be thou diligent 237 to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds ; for riches are not for ever." Chap, xxvii. 23, 24. There is no living upon the principal, you must... | |
 | Ebenezer Henderson - Iceland - 1818 - 492 pages
...the summer market. To no situation, therefore, could the sage advice of Solomon more aptly apply: " Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well '.to thy herds ; for riches are not forever, nor doth the crown endure to every generation. The hay appeareth, and... | |
 | Henry Hunter - Bible - 1818 - 456 pages
...whatever thy employment, let thy heart be in it; let thy time and thy attention be devoted to it. " Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds." " Be not slothful in business Let every thing be done in its season; let every thing be done decently... | |
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