 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 560 pages
...himself, not discerning the Lord's body. IT is a seasonable advice which Solomon gives, Protf. xxiii. 1. ' When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee.' We expect the great Ruler of heaven and earth is to cover a table for us in this place... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pages
...diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. CHAP. XXIII. WHEN thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee : 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be & man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous... | |
 | Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 622 pages
...Secondly, the King observes the behaviour of his guests. It was excellent advice of the wise man, " When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee ;" and again, " Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to... | |
 | 1819 - 488 pages
...like an adder. Thine eye shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things'. When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee : and put a knife in thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite. Be not desirous of... | |
 | 1819 - 654 pages
...It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the honour of kings is to search out a matter." — " When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee, and put a knife to thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite." — " Buy the truth,... | |
 | Alexander Shanks - 1820 - 442 pages
...the satisfaction of it is also a blessing. Without it the best food is tasteless and loathsome. "But when thou sittest to "eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee, "and put a knife to thy throat if thou be a man given to ''appetite. "\ Zdly, The body... | |
 | E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 606 pages
...desire of the slothful killeth him ; and his hands refuse to labour. Prov. xxiii. 1 — 3. 20, 21. When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. B« not desirous of... | |
 | Edward Sutleffe - 1824 - 638 pages
...counsellor taken Solomon's counsel, I believe his life might have been protracted many years : — viz. " When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee, and put a knife to thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite." How many puncheon-shaped... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1825 - 660 pages
...but when the devil findeth you yielding, or wavering, or unresolved, he will never give you rest : " When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee, and put a knife to thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite : be not desirous of... | |
 | 1827 - 1446 pages
...diligent in his business ? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. CHAP. XXIII. WHEN thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee : 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous... | |
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When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. 
